1 Corinthians 3:20

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:11 : 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
  • Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 86%

    18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  • 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

  • 78%

    19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

    20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

  • 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

  • Rom 1:21-22
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    75%

    21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

    22 Pfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

  • 1 Cor 2:5-7
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    74%

    5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

    6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

    7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

  • 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

  • 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

  • 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Jer 8:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

    9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

  • 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • 8 The wisdom of the udent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

  • 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    72%

    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

    15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

  • 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

  • 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

    18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

  • 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  • 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

  • 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

  • 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the omotion of fools.

  • 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

  • 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: bause though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

  • 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

  • 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

  • 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

  • 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

  • 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.