2 Corinthians 11:19

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speak to wise people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I don’t need anything,' yet you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 82%

    20In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.

    21To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast.

  • 76%

    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.'

  • 1I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Indeed, you are bearing with me.

  • 75%

    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.

    17What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.

    18Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

  • 10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become like him yourself.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

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    19For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God.

    20What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

  • 15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

  • 22Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

  • 5Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.

  • 17Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.

  • 8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

  • 19and are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

  • 19Your obedience has been reported to all. Therefore, I rejoice about you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

  • 12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

  • Prov 14:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

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

    9Fools mock at making amends for guilt, but goodwill is found among the upright.

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    20Where 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?

    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.

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

  • 11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

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

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

  • 16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • 10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

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

  • 15Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.

  • 29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

  • 22Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.

  • 21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • 12If you are wise, your wisdom will benefit you; if you mock, you alone will suffer.

  • 16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

  • 20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • 10A master archer who wounds all and one who hires a fool or passersby are alike.

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

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

  • 12We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack understanding.

  • 3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • 23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

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

  • 32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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