1 Corinthians 1:28

and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,

Romans 4:17

as it has been written, That I have constituted thee the father of many nations, before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls things which are not as really existing:

1 Corinthians 2:6

But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:

Revelation 18:17

And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off,

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool: you did compel me. For I ought to be commended by you: for I am not inferior to the very chief of the apostles, if indeed I am nothing.

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Summary

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

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Things which

Romans 4:17
as it has been written, That I have constituted thee the father of many nations, before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls things which are not as really existing:
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool: you did compel me. For I ought to be commended by you: for I am not inferior to the very chief of the apostles, if indeed I am nothing.

To bring

1 Corinthians 2:6
But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:
Revelation 18:17
And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off,

General references

Romans 9:16
Then it is not of him that willeth, nor him that runneth, but of God who shows mercy.