1 Corinthians 1:27

Catholic Public Domain Version

But God has chosen the foolish of the world, so that he may confound the wise. And God has chosen the weak of the world, so that he may confound the strong.

Cross References

Psalm 8:2

O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

Isaiah 29:14

for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.

Isaiah 29:19

And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 44:25

I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.

Zephaniah 3:12

And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.

Numbers 22:30

The donkey said: "Am not I your animal, on which you have always been accustomed to sit, even until this present day? Tell me, when did I ever do the same thing to you." But he said, "Never."

Matthew 11:25

At that time, Jesus responded and said: "I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.

Matthew 21:16

And they said to him, "Do you hear what these ones are saying?" But Jesus said to them, "Certainly. Have you never read: For out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have perfected praise?"

Matthew 9:9

And when Jesus passed on from there, he saw, sitting at the tax office, a man named Matthew. And he said to him, "Follow me." And rising up, he followed him.

Luke 21:15

For I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 17:18

Now certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were arguing with him. And some were saying, "What does this sower of the Word want to say?" Yet others were saying, "He seems to be an announcer for new demons." For he was announcing to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

Acts 7:35

This Moses, whom they rejected by saying, 'Who has appointed you as leader and judge?' is the one God sent to be leader and redeemer, by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:54

Then, upon hearing these things, they were deeply wounded in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where are the wise? Where are the scribes? Where are the truth-seekers of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of this world into foolishness?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For the world did not know God through wisdom, and so, in the wisdom of God, it pleased God to accomplish the salvation of believers, through the foolishness of our preaching.

1 Corinthians 2:12

But we have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is of God, so that we may understand the things that have been given to us by God.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For they say: "His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible."

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.

James 2:5

My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?