Romans 1:22
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22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
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Romans 1:22
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22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A)
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
King James Version
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 disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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1 Corinthians 1:19-21
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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
Proverbs 26:12
King James Version
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Proverbs 26:12
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Romans 11:25
King James Version
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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Proverbs 25:14
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14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
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Proverbs 25:14
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14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of gifts never given.
Jeremiah 8:8-9
King James Version
8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
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Jeremiah 8:8-9
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1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth 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 taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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. 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)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
Jeremiah 10:14
King James Version
14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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Jeremiah 10:14
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Matthew 6:23
King James Version
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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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!
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
Isaiah 47:10
King James Version
10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
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Isaiah 47:10
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