2 Corinthians 11:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We 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.
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 And as touching things sacrificed vnto idols, wee knowe that wee all haue knowledge: knowledge puffeth vp, but loue edifieth.
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding: iugde ye what I say.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.

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    20For ye suffer, euen if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure you, if a man take your goods, if a man exalt himselfe, if a man smite you on the face.

    21I speake as concerning the reproche: as though that we had bene weake: but wherein any ma is bold (I speake foolishly) I am bold also.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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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.

    18Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

  • 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.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

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

  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
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    19For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

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

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Ps 107:17
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    17Fooles by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted.

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    8Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

  • Rom 2:19
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    19And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse,

  • Rom 16:19
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    19For your obedience is come abroade among all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I woulde haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

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

    9The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

  • 1 Cor 1:20-21
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    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:

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

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

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

  • Eph 5:15
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    15Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,

  • Prov 19:29
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    29But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 9:12
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    12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.

  • Prov 26:10
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    10The excellent that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole & rewardeth the transgressers.

  • 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.

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

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    12For wee dare not make our selues of the nomber, or to compare our selues to them, which praise themselues: but they vnderstand not that they measure themselues with themselues, and compare themselues with themselues.

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    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

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

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

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    22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?