1 Corinthians 1:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What the world thinks is worthless, useless, and nothing at all is what God has used to destroy what the world considers important.

Cross References

Job 34:24

Without asking for advice, God removes mighty leaders and puts others in their place.

Psalm 32:10

All kinds of troubles will strike the wicked, but your kindness shields those who trust you, LORD.

Isaiah 2:11

When the LORD comes, everyone who is proud will be made humble, and the LORD alone will be honoured.

Isaiah 2:17

When that day comes, everyone who is proud will be put down. Only the LORD will be honoured.

Isaiah 37:36

The LORD sent an angel to the camp of the Assyrians, and he killed one hundred and eighty-five thousand of them all in one night. The next morning, the camp was full of dead bodies.

Isaiah 41:12

You will look around for those brutal enemies, but you won't find them because they will be gone.

Romans 4:17

The Scriptures say that Abraham would become the ancestor of many nations. This promise was made to Abraham because he had faith in God, who raises the dead to life and creates new things.

1 Corinthians 1:20

What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the Scriptures? What happened to the ones who think they have all the answers? Didn't God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish?

1 Corinthians 2:6

We do use wisdom when speaking to people who are mature in their faith. But it isn't the wisdom of this world or of its rulers, who will soon disappear.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been making a fool of myself. But you forced me to do it, when you should have been speaking up for me. I may be nothing at all, but I am as good as those super apostles.

Deuteronomy 28:63

The LORD is happy to make you successful and to help your nation grow while you conquer the land. But if you disobey him, he will be just as happy to pull you up by your roots.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then he will appear, but the Lord Jesus will kill him simply by breathing on him. He will be completely destroyed by the Lord's glorious return.

Hebrews 2:14

We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death.

Revelation 18:17

Yet in a single hour her riches disappeared.” Every ship's captain and passenger and sailor stood at a distance, together with everyone who does business by travelling on the sea.