1 Corinthians 3:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:11 : 11 The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of men, that they are but vayne.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Bewarre lest eny ma spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the tradicions of men, and after the ordinauces of the worlde, and not after Christ.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For it is he, that knoweth the vanite of men: he seyth their wickednesse also, shulde he not then considre it? 12 A vayne body exalteth him self, and the sonne of man is like a wylde asses foale.
  • Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the Heithe grudge? why do the people ymagyn vayne thinges?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 86%

    18Let no ma disceaue himselfe. Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amoge you, let him become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse.

    19For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse.

  • 11The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of men, that they are but vayne.

  • 78%

    19For it is wrytte: I wyl destroye the wyssdome of the wyse, & wil cast away the vnderstondinge of ye prudet.

    20Where are the wyse? Where are ye scrybes? where are ye disputers of this worlde?

    21Hath not God made the wyssdome of this worlde foolishnesse? For in so moch as the worlde by the wyssdome therof knewe not God in his wyssdome, it pleased God thorow foolish preachinge to saue them yt beleue.

  • 25For the foolishnes of God is wyser then men: and the weaknes of God is stroger the men.

  • Rom 1:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.

    22Whan they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles:

  • 1 Cor 2:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5that youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyssdome of men, but in the power of God.

    6That we speake of, is wyssdome amonge the yt are perfecte: not ye wyssdome of this worlde, nether of the rulers of this worlde which go to naughte:

    7but we speake of the wyssdome of God, which is in secrete and lyeth hyd: which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glorye:

  • 13which compaseth ye wyse in their owne craftynesse, and ouertroweth the councell of the wicked:

  • 21Therfore let no man reioyse in men. For all is youres,

  • 3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Jer 8:8-9
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    8How darre ye saye then: we are wise, we haue the lawe of the LORDE amonge vs? Beholde, the disceatfull penne of the scrybes, setteth forth lies:

    9therfore shal the wise be confounded, they shalbe afrayed and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the LORDE: what wy?dome can then be amonge them?

  • 33Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • 8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • 2Neuertheles yf eny ma thinke yt he knoweth eny thinge, he knoweth not yet how he oughte to knowe.

  • 21Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight, and thinke them selues to haue vnderstodinge.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

    15Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.

    16For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.

  • 11For it is he, that knoweth the vanite of men: he seyth their wickednesse also, shulde he not then considre it?

  • 27but that foolish is before the worlde, hath God chosen, that he mighte cofounde the wyse: And that weake is before ye worlde, hath God chosen, yt he mighte confounde the mightye.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17for there vnto I applyed my mynde: yt I might knowe what were wy?dome & vnderstodinge, what were error & foolishnes. And I perceaued yt this also was but a vexacion of mynde:

    18for where moch wy?dome is, there is also greate trauayle & disquietnes: & ye more knowlege a man hath, the more is his care.

  • 23Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches:

  • 16For who hath knowne ye mynde of the LORDE? Or who shal enfourme him? But we haue the mynde of Christ.

  • 3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • 19for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

  • 10For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other.

  • 24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • 8All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

  • 35The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.

  • 3But yf eny man thinke himselfe to be somwhat (whan in dede he is nothinge) the same disceaueth himselfe.

  • 2A foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but only in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.

  • 17I vnderstode of all ye workes of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attayne vnto ye workes that are done vnder ye Sonne: and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can he not reach vnto the: yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he not fynde them.

  • 12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • 15This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe.

  • 3Let go yor greate boostinge of hye thynges, let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde: for the LORDE is a God yt knoweth all thinges, & he hath set all workes in order.

  • 6Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

  • 16I saye agayne, lest eny man thynke that I am folish: or els take me euen now as a fole, yt I maye boast my selfe a litle also.

  • 14Howbeit the naturall man perceaueth nothinge of ye sprete of God. It is foolishnes vnto him, and he can not perceaue it: for it must be spiritually discerned.

  • 30There is no wy?dome, there is no vnderstondinge, there is no councell agaynst the LORDE.

  • 3in whom are hyd all the treasures of wyssdome and knowlege.

  • 8For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

  • 25I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • 18I comoned wt myne owne herte also cocernynge the childre of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth the apeare, as though they were beastes: