1 Corinthians 1:20

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1 Corinthians 1:20

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

Romans 1:22

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Job 12:17

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

Isaiah 33:18

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

Isaiah 44:25

Causing the omens of boasters to fail,
Making fools out of diviners,
Causing wise men to draw back
And turning their knowledge into foolishness,

2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”

2 Samuel 16:23

The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

Job 12:20

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

Job 12:24

“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Isaiah 19:11-12

The princes of Zoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

Isaiah 53:1

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

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Is the wise

Isaiah 33:18

Isaiah 53:1

Hath

Romans 1:22

General references

Bible References

Is the wise

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

Who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Hath

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”

The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

Causing the omens of boasters to fail,

Making fools out of diviners,

Causing wise men to draw back

And turning their knowledge into foolishness,

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

General references

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

“For You have

kept their heart from understanding,

Therefore You will not exalt them.

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

Professing to be wise, they became fools,