1 Corinthians 1:28

God's Word

God chose what the world considers ordinary and what it despises—what it considers to be nothing—in order to destroy what it considers to be something.

Cross References

Job 34:24

He breaks mighty people into pieces without examining them and puts others in their places.

Psalm 32:10

Many heartaches await wicked people, but mercy surrounds those who trust the Lord.

Isaiah 2:11

The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day the Lord alone will be honored.

Isaiah 2:17

Then arrogant people will be brought down, and high and mighty people will be humbled. On that day the Lord alone will be honored.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.

Isaiah 41:12

You will search for your enemies, but you will not find them. Those who are at war with you will be reduced to nothing and no longer exist.

Romans 4:17

as Scripture says: “I have made you a father of many nations.” Abraham believed when he stood in the presence of the God who gives life to dead people and calls into existence things that don’t even exist.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the persuasive speaker of our time? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense?

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, we do use wisdom to speak to those who are mature. It is a wisdom that doesn’t belong to this world or to the rulers of this world who are in power today and gone tomorrow.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. You should have recommended me to others. Even if I’m nothing, I wasn’t inferior in any way to your super-apostles.

Deuteronomy 28:63

At one time the Lord was more than glad to make you prosperous and numerous. Now the Lord will be more than glad to destroy you and wipe you out. You will be torn out of the land you’re about to enter and take possession of.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the man of sin will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will destroy him by what he says. When the Lord Jesus comes, his appearance will put an end to this man.

Hebrews 2:14

Since all of these sons and daughters have flesh and blood, Jesus took on flesh and blood to be like them. He did this so that by dying he would destroy the one who had power over death (that is, the devil).

Revelation 18:17

In one moment all this wealth has been destroyed!’ Every ship’s captain, everyone who traveled by ship, sailors, and everyone who made their living from the sea stood far away.