1 Corinthians 1:20

English Majority Text Version

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Cross References

Matthew 13:22

But the seed sown in the thorns is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches chokes out the word, and it becomes fruitless.

John 12:31

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world shall be cast out.

Acts 17:18

And also some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. And some were saying, "What does this seed-picker wish to say?" But others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was preaching the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Romans 1:20

For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both His eternal power and Divinity, so that they are without excuse.

Romans 1:22

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent I will annul."

1 Corinthians 1:26

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many noble, are called.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God chose the foolish things of the world in order that He might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world in order that He might humiliate the mighty.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And the base things of the world, and the things having been despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, in order that we may not be condemned with the world.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, we speak wisdom among those that are perfect, but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.

1 Corinthians 2:8

which none of the rulers of this age knew (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory).

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness";

1 Corinthians 6:2

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is constituted an enemy of God.