1 Corinthians 15:36

New International Reader's Version

How foolish! What you plant doesn’t come to life unless it dies.

Cross References

Job 14:8

Its roots may grow old in the ground. Its stump may die in the soil.

Luke 11:40

You foolish people! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 24:25

Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! How long it takes you to believe all that the prophets said!

John 12:24

What I’m about to tell you is true. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only one seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Romans 1:22

They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.

1 Corinthians 15:37

When you plant something, it isn’t a completely grown plant that you put in the ground. You only plant a seed. Maybe it’s wheat or something else.

Ephesians 5:15

So be very careful how you live. Do not live like people who aren’t wise. Live like people who are wise.

James 2:20

You foolish person! Do you want proof that faith without good deeds is useless?