2 Corinthians 10:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

2 Kings 19:22

‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Kings 19:28

Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

Job 42:6

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 139:2

Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar.

Psalm 18:27

For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.

Proverbs 24:9

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

Isaiah 2:17

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

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on 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, desolation and destruction are in their highways.

Isaiah 60:14

The sons of those who oppressed you shall come bending low to you; and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; 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 which 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

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.”

Daniel 4:37

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

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

Luke 1:51

He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,

Romans 1:21

for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 7:23

but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.”

1 Corinthians 3:19

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

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.

2 Corinthians 9:13

Under the test of this service, you will glorify God by your obedience in acknowledging the gospel of Christ, and by the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others;

Deuteronomy 15:9

Take heed lest there be a base thought in your heart, and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye be hostile to your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and it be sin in you.

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 5:9

and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

1 Peter 1:2

chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.