1 Corinthians 1:20

Easy To Read Version

Where is the wise person? Where is the educated person? Where is the philosopher {\cf2\super [7]} of this time? God has made the wisdom of the world foolish.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

A person told David, “Ahithophel is one of the people who made plans with Absalom.” Then David prayed, “Lord, I ask you to make Ahithophel’s advice useless.”

2 Samuel 16:23

At that time, the advice of Ahithophel was very {important} to both David and Absalom. It was as {important as} God’s word to a man.

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the Israelites said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.” {They said this} because it was the Lord’s plan. The Lord had planned to make Ahithophel’s good advice useless. That is how the Lord would punish Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not accept his advice. Ahithophel put a saddle on his donkey and went back to his home town. He made plans for his family and then he hanged himself. After Ahithophel died, the people buried him in his father’s tomb. [101]

Job 12:17

God strips advisors of their wisdom\par and makes leaders act like fools.\par

Job 12:20

God makes the trusted advisers be silent.\par He takes away the wisdom of old people.\par

Job 12:24

God makes leaders foolish.\par He makes them wander aimlessly\par through the desert.\par

Isaiah 44:25

False prophets {\cf2\super [397]} tell lies, but the Lord shows their lies are false. The Lord makes foolish people of the men that do magic. The Lord confuses even wise men. They think they know much, but the Lord makes them look foolish.

Isaiah 53:1

Who really believed the things we announced? Who really accepted the Lord’s punishment?

Jeremiah 10:7

Every person should respect you, God.\par You are the King of all the nations.\par You deserve their respect.\par There are many wise men among the nations.\par But none of those people are as wise as you.\par

Matthew 13:22

And what is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching but lets worries about this life and love for money stop that teaching from growing. So the teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [184]} \{in that person’s life\}.

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world (the devil) will be thrown out.

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and some of the Stoic philosophers {\cf2\super [353]} argued with him.

Romans 1:20

There are things about God that people cannot see—his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy for people to understand. Those things are made clear in the things that God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.

Romans 1:22

People said they were wise, and they became fools.

1 Corinthians 1:19

Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [6]} say,

1 Corinthians 1:26

Brothers and sisters, God called (chose) you. Think about that! And not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence. Not many of you came from important families.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God chose the foolish things of the world to give shame to the wise people. God chose the weak things of the world to give shame to the strong people.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And God chose what the world thinks is not important. He chose what the world hates and thinks is nothing. God chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important.

1 Corinthians 11:32

Never do anything that might make other people do wrong—Jews, Greeks (non-Jews), or God’s church.

1 Corinthians 2:6

We teach wisdom to people that are mature. But this wisdom we teach is not from this world. It is not the wisdom of the rulers of this world. Those rulers are losing their power.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this world understood this wisdom. If they had understood it, then they would not have killed our glorious Lord on a cross.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. If any person among you thinks that he is wise in this world, then he should become a fool. Then that person can become truly wise.

1 Corinthians 3:19

Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. It is like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [21]} say, “He (God) catches the wise (smart) people when they use their sneaky ways.” {\cf2\super [22]}

1 Corinthians 6:2

Surely you know that God’s people will judge the world. So if you will judge the world, then surely you are able to judge small things \{like this\}.

James 4:4

So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.