Font Size
Job 32:13
New King James Version
Job 32:13
New King James Version
13 (A)Lest you say,
‘We have found wisdom’;
God will vanquish him, not man.
Job 32:13
New International Version
Job 32:13
New International Version
Jeremiah 9:23
New King James Version
Jeremiah 9:23
New King James Version
23 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (B)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
Jeremiah 9:23
New International Version
Jeremiah 9:23
New International Version
23 This is what the Lord says:
1 Corinthians 3:18
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:18
New King James Version
Avoid Worldly Wisdom
18 (A)Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 3:18
New International Version
1 Corinthians 3:18
New International Version
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(A) by the standards of this age,(B) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
New King James Version
27 But (A)God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the [a]base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:28 insignificant or lowly
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
New International Version
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
New International Version
27 But God chose(A) the foolish(B) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(C)—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.(D)
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
New King James Version
19 For it is written:
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 (B)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the (D)wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
New International Version
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
New International Version
19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](A)
20 Where is the wise person?(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(C) Has not God made foolish(D) the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(E) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(F) those who believe.(G)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
John 19:11
New King James Version
John 19:11
New King James Version
11 Jesus answered, (A)“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (B)the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”
Read full chapter
John 19:11
New International Version
John 19:11
New International Version
11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.(A) Therefore the one who handed me over to you(B) is guilty of a greater sin.”
Zechariah 12:7
New King James Version
Zechariah 12:7
New King James Version
7 “The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah.
Read full chapter
Zechariah 12:7
New International Version
Zechariah 12:7
New International Version
7 “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(A)
Ezekiel 28:3
New King James Version
Ezekiel 28:3
New King James Version
3 (Behold, (A)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
Ezekiel 28:3
New International Version
Ezekiel 28:3
New International Version
Read full chapter
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature
Isaiah 48:7
New King James Version
Isaiah 48:7
New King James Version
7 They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
Isaiah 48:7
New International Version
Isaiah 48:7
New International Version
Isaiah 48:5
New King James Version
Isaiah 48:5
New King James Version
5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
Isaiah 48:5
New International Version
Isaiah 48:5
New International Version
Isaiah 5:21
New King James Version
Isaiah 5:21
New King James Version
21 Woe to those who are (A)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 5:21
New International Version
Isaiah 5:21
New International Version
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(A)
and clever in their own sight.
Job 19:21
New King James Version
Job 19:21
New King James Version
21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
Job 19:21
New International Version
Job 19:21
New International Version
Job 19:6
New King James Version
Job 19:6
New King James Version
6 Know then that (A)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
Job 19:6
New International Version
Job 19:6
New International Version
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.