1 Corinthians 1:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Rom 1:22 : 22 When they professed themselues to be wise, they became fooles.
  • Job 12:17 : 17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
  • Isa 33:18 : 18 Thine heart shall meditate feare, Where is the scribe? where is the receiuer? where is hee that counted the towres?
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 I destroy the tokens of ye southsayers, and make them that coniecture, fooles, and turne the wise men backwarde, and make their knowledge foolishnesse.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who will beleeue our report? And to whom is the arme of the Lord reueiled?
  • 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisedome of the wise, and will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent.
  • 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 And 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.
  • 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 12:20 : 20 He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
  • Job 12:24 : 24 He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, & maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is one of them that haue cospired with Absalom: and Dauid sayde, O Lorde, I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsell of Ahithophel which he counseled in those dayes, was like as one had asked counsell at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with Dauid and with Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better, then the counsell of Ahithophel: for the Lorde had determined to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euill vpon Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, & hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
  • Isa 19:11-12 : 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? 12 Where are nowe thy wise men, that they may tell thee, or may knowe what the Lorde of hostes hath determined against Egypt?

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

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    12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

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