Romans 1:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

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  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-21 : 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 debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For 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 3:18-19 : 18 Let 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. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 Whoever boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me.'
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How 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. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 1:18-21
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    85%

    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;

    19Because what may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it to them.

    20For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

    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.

  • Rom 1:23-26
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    82%

    23And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

    24Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,

    25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

    26For this reason God gave them up to vile passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

    20And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

  • 1 Cor 1:18-22
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    78%

    18For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

    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.

    22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

  • 1 Cor 1:25
    75%

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

  • Ps 14:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

  • Rom 1:28-29
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    73%

    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,

  • Titus 1:16
    73%

    16They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    72%

    31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    71%

    19For you gladly bear with fools, seeing that you yourselves are wise.

  • Jer 8:9
    71%

    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?

  • Eph 4:18
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    18Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

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

  • Jude 1:10
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    10But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

  • 1 Cor 1:27
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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;

  • Isa 5:21
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    21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

  • 2 Tim 3:9
    70%

    9But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.

  • Prov 18:2
    70%

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

  • Jer 10:8
    70%

    8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.

  • Ps 94:8
    70%

    8Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?

  • 1 Tim 1:6-7
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    70%

    6From which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

    7Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

    17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • Rom 10:3
    70%

    3For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

  • Prov 1:29
    70%

    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

  • Prov 26:5
    70%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Rom 2:19
    69%

    19And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

  • Jer 51:17
    69%

    17Every man is senseless by his knowledge; every craftsman is put to shame by the graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
    69%

    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Rom 3:18
    69%

    18'There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

  • Ps 106:20
    69%

    20Thus they changed their glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.