1 Corinthians 1:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

For it is written, I will destroy the wisedome of the wise, and will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent.

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  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore behold, I wil againe doe a marueilous worke in this people, euen a marueilous worke, and a wonder: for the wisdome of their wise men shall perish, and the vnderstanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.
  • Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are ashamed: they are afraid and taken. loe, they haue reiected the word of the Lorde, and what wisdome is in them?
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
  • Isa 19:11 : 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fooles: the counsell of the wise counselers of Pharaoh is become foolish: how say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the sonne of the wise? I am the sonne of the ancient Kings?
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And the spirite of Egypt shall faile in the middes of her, and I will destroy their counsell, and they shall seeke at the idoles, and at the sorcerers, and at them that haue spirits of diuination, and at the southsayers.

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  • 1 Cor 1:20-31
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    88%

    20Where is the wise? where is the Scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolishnesse?

    21For seeing the worlde by wisedome knewe not God in the wisedome of GOD, it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue:

    22Seeing also that the Iewes require a signe, and the Grecians seeke after wisdome.

    23But wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse:

    24But vnto them which are called, both of the Iewes and Grecians, we preach Christ, the power of God, and the wisedome of God.

    25For the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God is stronger then men.

    26For brethren, you see your calling, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called.

    27But God hath chosen the foolish thinges of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weake thinges of the worlde, to confound the mightie things,

    28And vile things of the worlde and thinges which are despised, hath God chosen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are,

    29That no flesh shoulde reioyce in his presence.

    30But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption,

    31That, according as it is written, Hee that reioyceth, let him reioyce in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    85%

    18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.

    20And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.

  • 1 Cor 1:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preache the Gospel, not with wisdome of wordes, lest the crosse of Christ should be made of none effect.

    18For that preaching of the crosse is to them that perish, foolishnesse: but vnto vs, which are saued, it is the power of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-8
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    4Neither stoode my woorde, and my preaching in the entising speech of mans wisdom, but in plaine euidence of the Spirite and of power,

    5That your faith should not be in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God.

    6And we speake wisedome among them that are perfect: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to nought.

    7But we speake the wisedome of God in a mysterie, euen the hid wisedom, which God had determined before the world, vnto our glory.

    8Which none of the princes of this world hath knowen: for had they knowen it, they would not haue crucified the Lord of glory.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22When they professed themselues to be wise, they became fooles.

  • Isa 29:14
    73%

    14Therefore behold, I wil againe doe a marueilous worke in this people, euen a marueilous worke, and a wonder: for the wisdome of their wise men shall perish, and the vnderstanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.

  • Obad 1:8
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    8Shall not I in that day, saith the Lorde, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding from the mount of Esau?

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    71%

    1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellencie of woordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.

    2For I esteemed not to knowe any thing among you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9The wise men are ashamed: they are afraid and taken. loe, they haue reiected the word of the Lorde, and what wisdome is in them?

  • Isa 44:25
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    25I destroy the tokens of ye southsayers, and make them that coniecture, fooles, and turne the wise men backwarde, and make their knowledge foolishnesse.

  • Job 5:13
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    13He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

  • Ps 33:10
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    10The Lorde breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people.

  • 1 Cor 2:14
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    14But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-17
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    16I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto ye world.

  • Isa 5:21
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    21Woe vnto them that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight.

  • Rom 1:19
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    19Forasmuch as that, which may be knowe of God, is manifest in them: for God hath shewed it vnto them.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

  • Prov 21:30
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    30There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.

  • Eph 3:10
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    10To the intent, that nowe vnto principalities and powers in heauenly places, might be knowen by the Church the manifolde wisedome of God,

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.