Romans 1:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-21 : 19 for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;' 20 where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-19 : 18 Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise, 19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, `Is' a man boasting himself in a false gift.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I `am', and none else.'
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes. 9 Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

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  • Rom 1:18-21
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    18for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

    19Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest `it' to them,

    20for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;

    21because, having known God they did not glorify `Him' as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

  • Rom 1:23-26
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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

    24Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

    25who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

    26Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

    19for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

    20and again, `The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'

  • 1 Cor 1:18-22
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    18for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,

    19for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

    20where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

    22Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,

  • 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;

  • Ps 14:1
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    1To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1To the Overseer. -- `On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

  • Rom 1:28-29
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    28And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

    29having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

  • Titus 1:16
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    16God they profess to know, and in the works they deny `Him', being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    31And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

    32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise,

  • Jer 8:9
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    9Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

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

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

  • Jude 1:10
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    10and these, as many things indeed as they have not known, they speak evil of; and as many things as naturally (as the irrational beasts) they understand, in these they are corrupted;

  • 1 Cor 1:27
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    27but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

  • Isa 5:21
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    21Wo `to' the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

  • Jer 10:8
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    8And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

  • 1 Tim 1:6-7
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    6from which certain, having swerved, did turn aside to vain discourse,

    7willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He `is' a fool.'

  • Ps 107:17
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    17Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

  • Rom 10:3
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    3for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

  • Prov 1:29
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    29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Rom 2:19
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    19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

  • Jer 51:17
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    17Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10we `are' fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we `are' ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

  • Jer 5:4
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    4And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

  • Rom 3:18
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    18There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

  • Ps 106:20
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    20And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.