1 Corinthians 1:27

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

But God chose the foolish things of the world that the wise might be put to shame, and God chose the weak things of the world so that He might put to shame the strong things.

Cross References

Psalm 8:2

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings, You have founded strength, because of ones restricting You, to cause to cease the enemy and the ones avenging.

Isaiah 29:14

So, behold, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, the wonder, even a wonderful wonder. For the wisdom of his wise ones shall perish, and the wit of his witty ones shall be hidden.

Isaiah 29:19

And the humble ones shall increase joy in Jehovah, and the poor of men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 44:25

frustrating the signs of liars; yea, He makes divining ones mad, turning wise ones backward, and making their knowledge foolish,

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise ones are put to shame; they are terrified and are captured. Behold, they have rejected the Word of Jehovah, and what wisdom is theirs?

Zephaniah 3:12

I will also leave a poor and weak people in your midst, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

Numbers 22:30

And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not your ass on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever known to do so to you? And he said, No.

Matthew 11:25

Answering at that time, Jesus said, I praise You, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, because You hid these things from the sophisticated and learned ones and revealed them to babes.

Matthew 21:16

And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Did you never read, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?” LXX-Psa. 8:3; MT-Psa. 8:2

Matthew 9:9

And passing from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Follow Me. And rising up, he followed Him.

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all the ones opposing you will not be able to speak against nor withstand.

Acts 17:18

And some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What may this seed-picker wish to say? And these others, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign demons (because he proclaimed Jesus and the resurrection to them).

Acts 7:35

This Moses, whom they denied, saying, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge, this one God has sent as ruler and redeemer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the Bush.

Acts 7:54

And hearing these things, they were cut to their hearts and gnashed the teeth on him.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Did God not make the wisdom of this world to be foolish?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save the ones believing.

1 Corinthians 2:12

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things freely given to us by God.

2 Corinthians 10:10

Because, they say, the letters are weighty and strong, but the bodily presence is weak, and his speech being despised.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not from us;

James 2:5

Hear, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor ones of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to the ones loving Him?