1 Corinthians 3:19 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ For this world's wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their [own] craftiness; [Job 5:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

Common English Bible

¹⁹ This world’s wisdom is foolishness to God. As it’s written, “He catches the wise in their cleverness.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: "I will catch the wise in their own astuteness."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

1 Corinthians 3:19 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David, saying, Ahith´ophel is among the conspirators with Ab´salom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahith´ophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 16:23

And the counsel of Ahith´ophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahith´ophel both with David and with Ab´salom.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Ab´salom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hu´shai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahith´ophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahith´ophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Ab´salom.

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahith´ophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mor´decai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Job 5:13

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Exodus 1:10

come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

Isaiah 44:25

that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

1 Corinthians 2:6

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

1 Corinthians 4:6

And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apol´los for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

Ephesians 4:14

that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

James 3:15

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.