1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 1:21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:23-25
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if indeed our gospel is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved.
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I decided not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 15:2
by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Psalm 110:2-3
Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.
Acts 2:47
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total [of] those who were being saved.
Acts 13:41
'Look, you scoffers, and be astonished and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you would never believe [even] if someone were to tell [it] to you.'"
Acts 17:18
And even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, "What does this babbler want to say?" But [others said], "He appears to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was proclaiming the good news [about] Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:32
Now [when they] heard about the resurrection of the dead, [some] scoffed, but [others] said, "We will hear you about this again also."
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
2 Corinthians 10:4
for the weapons of our warfare [are] not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments
Galatians 6:12-14
As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
because our gospel did not come to you with word only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, just as you know what sort of [people] we became among you for your sake.