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Matthew 6:23
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Matthew 6:23
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23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
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Matthew 6:23
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Matthew 6:23
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23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[a] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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- Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
Matthew 6:22
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Matthew 6:22
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22 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light.
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Matthew 6:22
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Matthew 6:22
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22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light.
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- Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
1 John 2:11
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1 John 2:11
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11 But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
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1 John 2:11
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1 John 2:11
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11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(A) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(B) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(C)
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,
“He traps the wise
in the snare of their own cleverness.”[a]
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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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. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(C) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(D)
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- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
Isaiah 5:20-21
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Isaiah 5:20-21
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20 What sorrow for those who say
that evil is good and good is evil,
that dark is light and light is dark,
that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
21 What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes
and think themselves so clever.
Isaiah 5:20-21
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Isaiah 5:20-21
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Proverbs 26:12
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Proverbs 26:12
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12 There is more hope for fools
than for people who think they are wise.
Proverbs 26:12
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Proverbs 26:12
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1 Corinthians 1:18-20
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1 Corinthians 1:18-20
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The Wisdom of God
18 The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. 19 As the Scriptures say,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”[a]
20 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.
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1 Corinthians 1:18-20
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1 Corinthians 1:18-20
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Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(A) to those who are perishing,(B) but to us who are being saved(C) it is the power of God.(D) 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](E)
20 Where is the wise person?(F) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(G) Has not God made foolish(H) the wisdom of the world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
Jeremiah 4:22
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Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “My people are foolish
and do not know me,” says the Lord.
“They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!”
Romans 2:17-23
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Romans 2:17-23
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The Jews and the Law
17 You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him. 18 You know what he wants; you know what is right because you have been taught his law. 19 You are convinced that you are a guide for the blind and a light for people who are lost in darkness. 20 You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that God’s law gives you complete knowledge and truth.
21 Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal? 22 You say it is wrong to commit adultery, but do you commit adultery? You condemn idolatry, but do you use items stolen from pagan temples?[a] 23 You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.
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- 2:22 Greek do you steal from temples?
Romans 2:17-23
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Romans 2:17-23
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The Jews and the Law
17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;(A) 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(B) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(C) 23 You who boast in the law,(D) do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
Isaiah 44:18-20
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Isaiah 44:18-20
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18 Such stupidity and ignorance!
Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see.
Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
19 The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,
“Why, it’s just a block of wood!
I burned half of it for heat
and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat.
How can the rest of it be a god?
Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”
20 The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes.
He trusts something that can’t help him at all.
Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,
“Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
Isaiah 44:18-20
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Isaiah 44:18-20
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18 They know nothing, they understand(A) nothing;
their eyes(B) are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding(C) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(D)
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(E) thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(F)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(G) a deluded(H) heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(I)”
Ephesians 4:18
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Ephesians 4:18
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18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
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Ephesians 4:18
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Ephesians 4:18
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18 They are darkened in their understanding(A) and separated from the life of God(B) because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.(C)
1 Corinthians 2:14
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
1 Corinthians 2:14
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
Romans 1:22
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Romans 1:22
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22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.
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Romans 1:22
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Romans 1:22
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22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A)
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