1 Corinthians 3:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 94:11 : 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Beware lest anyone spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the basic principles of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
  • Job 11:11-12 : 11 For He knows deceptive men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it? 12 For hollow man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey's colt.
  • Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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

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

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

  • 1 Cor 1:19-21
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    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

    20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

  • 1 Cor 1:25
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    25Because 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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    21Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

    22Professing to be wise, they became fools,

  • 1 Cor 2:5-7
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    5that your faith should not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

    6However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

    7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

  • Job 5:13
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    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

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    21Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours;

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Jer 8:8-9
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    8How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

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

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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 1 Cor 8:2
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    2And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

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    21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

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    11For He knows deceptive men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?

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

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    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

    18For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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    16For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

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    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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

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

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

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    3For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

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    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

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    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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    15This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

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

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    16I say again, let no one think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast a little.

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    14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    18I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.