1 Corinthians 1:20

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Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

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  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
  • Job 12:17 : 17 "He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges."
  • Isa 33:18 : 18 Your heart will ponder the terror: 'Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighed the tribute? Where is the one who counted the towers?'
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 I frustrate the signs of false prophets and make fools of diviners; I turn wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
  • 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'
  • 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 Now, we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He silences the speech of the trustworthy and takes away the discernment of the elders.
  • Job 12:24 : 24 He removes the understanding of the leaders of the earth's people and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then someone told David, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' So David prayed, 'O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.'
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone inquiring of God. Such was all of Ahithophel’s advice to both David and Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, 'The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.' For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring disaster upon Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, set out for his house in his hometown, set his house in order, and then hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.
  • Isa 19:11-12 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; Pharaoh's wisest counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am a descendant of the wise, a son of ancient kings'? 12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

    18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'

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    18Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

    20And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

  • 1 Cor 1:21-28
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    21For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

    22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

    23But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,

    24But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

    25For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

    26Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

    27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

    28God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

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    20For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

    21For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

    22Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

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    5So that your faith would not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

    6Now, we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

    7Instead, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory.

    8This wisdom none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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    20But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

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    9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

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    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

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    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

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    14But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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    24Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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    22How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

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    20Wisdom cries aloud in the streets; in the public squares, she raises her voice.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

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    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

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    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.

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    19For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Rom 11:34
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    34Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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    25I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

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    16I repeat, let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me as you would a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

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