1 Corinthians 1:20

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

Now it was reported to David that Ahithophel was conspiring with Absalom, and David said, “O  Lord, make the advice of Ahithophel folly.”

2 Samuel 16:23

In those days, the advice that Ahithophel gave was as when one inquired a word from God. Such was all of the advice of Ahithophel, whether that which he gave to David or to Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all of the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had decided to undermine the prudent advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity to Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice was not followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his own city. He gave instruction to his household, then he hanged himself and died; he was interred in the tomb of his father.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.

Job 12:20

He removes speech from the trusted ones and takes away the understanding of the aged.

Job 12:24

He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Isaiah 33:18

Your heart shall meditate on terror: “Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the omens of the boasters and makes fools out of diviners, who turns wise men backward and makes their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Jeremiah 10:7

Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? Indeed, it is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You.

Matthew 13:22

He also who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

John 12:31

Now judgment is upon this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

Acts 17:18

Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What will this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them.

Romans 1:20

The invisible things about Him—His eternal power and deity —have been clearly seen since the creation of the world and are understood by the things that are made, so that they are without excuse.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

1 Corinthians 1:26

For observe your calling, brothers. Among you, not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty men, and not many noble men were called.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And God has chosen the inferior things of the world and things which are despised. Yes, and He chose things which are nothing to nullify the things that are,

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we would not be condemned with the world.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we speak wisdom among those who are mature, although not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age knew it. For had they known it, 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 be 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 own craftiness,”

1 Corinthians 6:2

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

James 4:4

You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.