2 Corinthians 10:5

Modern English Version

casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled a soothing aroma; and the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

2 Kings 19:22

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised a voice and lifted your eyes upward? Against the Holy One of Israel.

2 Kings 19:28

Because you have raged against Me, and your self-assuredness has come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

Job 42:6

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek God; God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 139:2

You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You perceive my thought from afar.

Psalm 18:27

For You will save the humble people, but will bring down haughty eyes.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the foreigners submit to me.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but the words of the pure are pleasant.

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the mocker is an abomination to men.

Isaiah 2:17

The loftiness of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day;

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 60:14

The sons also of those who afflicted you shall come bowing before you, and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you, The City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not My word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and will do it.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and those who walk in pride He is able to abase.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, and blasphemies.

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Romans 1:21

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him or give thanks to Him as God, but became futile in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:5

Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations for His name,

Romans 16:26

but now is revealed by the prophetic Scriptures according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all the Gentiles for the obedience of faith,

Romans 7:23

but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

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 3:19

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

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you permit it if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes from you, if a man exalts himself, or if a man strikes you on the face.

2 Corinthians 9:13

Meanwhile, through the performance of this ministry, they glorify God for the profession of your faith in the gospel of Christ and for your liberal sharing with them and with all others.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you.

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself as God.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth, and destroy with the brightness of His presence,

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is alive, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 5:9

and being made complete, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him,

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 1:22

Since your souls have been purified by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply with a pure heart,