1 Corinthians 3:20

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

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  • Ps 94:11 : 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man; He knows they are but a breath.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 For 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.
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it. 12 But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!
  • Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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    18 Let 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.

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

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    11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man; He knows they are but a breath.

  • 1 Cor 1:19-21
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    19 For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'

    20 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?

    21 For 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.

  • 1 Cor 1:25
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    25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

  • Rom 1:21-22
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    21 For 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.

    22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

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

    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.

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

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    13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

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    21 So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours—

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

  • Jer 8:8-9
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    8 How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us,’ when the false pen of the scribes has produced lies?

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

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

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    2 If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.

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    21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!

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    14 The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

    15 Then I said in my heart, 'What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise?' And I concluded in my heart, 'This too is meaningless.'

    16 For 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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    11 For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it.

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    17 Then I set my heart to understand wisdom, as well as madness and folly, but I learned that this too is a chasing after the wind.

    18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

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    16 For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    3 Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

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    24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

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

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    16 I 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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    14 But 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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    18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals.