1 Corinthians 3:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't fool yourselves! If any of you think you are wise in the things of this world, you will have to become foolish before you can be truly wise.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:12

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, “I'm really clever!”

Proverbs 3:5

With all your heart you must trust the LORD and not your own judgment.

Proverbs 3:7

Don't ever think that you are wise enough, but respect the LORD and stay away from evil.

Proverbs 5:7

My son, listen to me and do everything I say.

Isaiah 44:20

How can anyone be stupid enough to trust something that can be burnt to ashes? No one can save themselves like that. Don't they realize that the idols they hold in their hands are not really gods?

Isaiah 5:21

You think you are clever and wise.

Jeremiah 37:9

Don't fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will leave as they did before.

Jeremiah 8:8

You say, “We are wise because we have the teachings and laws of the LORD.” But I say that your teachers have turned my words into lies!

Matthew 13:22

The seeds that fell among the thorn bushes are also people who hear the message. But they start worrying about the needs of this life and are fooled by the desire to get rich. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

Matthew 18:4

But if you are as humble as this child, you are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:15

I promise you that you cannot get into God's kingdom, unless you accept it the way a child does.”

Luke 18:17

You will never get into God's kingdom unless you enter it like a child!”

Luke 21:8

Jesus replied: Don't be fooled by those who will come and claim to be me. They will say, “I am Christ!” and “Now is the time!” But don't follow them.

Romans 11:25

My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you are cleverer than others. Make friends with ordinary people.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don't fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you.

1 Corinthians 3:17

Together you are God's holy temple, and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.

1 Corinthians 4:10

Because of Christ we are thought of as fools, but Christ has made you wise. We are weak and hated, but you are powerful and respected.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong.

Galatians 6:7

You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant.

Ephesians 5:6

Don't let anyone trick you with foolish talk. God punishes everyone who disobeys him and says foolish things.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

James 1:22

Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it.

James 1:26

If you think you are being religious, but can't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and everything you do is useless.

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts.