1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye prudent in Christ: we weak, but ye strong: ye glorious, but we in dishonour.

1 Corinthians 2:3

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;

Acts 17:18

But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.

Acts 26:24

And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we rejoice when we may be weak and ye may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.

2 Kings 9:11

And Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord. And one said to him, Is all well? why came this madman to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his mind.

Proverbs 11:12

He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Isaiah 53:3

He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.

Jeremiah 8:8-9

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

Hosea 9:7

The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

Matthew 10:22-25

and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.

Matthew 24:9

Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

Luke 10:16

He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

Luke 18:9

And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:

Acts 9:16

for I will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.

Acts 17:32

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

1 Corinthians 1:1-3

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, by God's will, and Sosthenes the brother,

1 Corinthians 1:18-20

For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.

1 Corinthians 1:26-28

For consider your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned;

1 Corinthians 3:2

I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that we also might reign with you.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 10:14-15

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

2 Corinthians 10:10

because his letters, he says, are weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

2 Corinthians 11:19

For ye bear fools readily, being wise.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.

2 Corinthians 13:3-4

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,

1 Thessalonians 4:8

He therefore that in this disregards his brother, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Peter 4:14

If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Are fools

1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, by God's will, and Sosthenes the brother,
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
2 Kings 9:11
And Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord. And one said to him, Is all well? why came this madman to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his mind.
Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.
Acts 17:18
But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.
Acts 26:24
And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.

Are wise

1 Corinthians 4:8
Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that we also might reign with you.
1 Corinthians 10:14
Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Jeremiah 8:8
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

We are weak

1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;
2 Corinthians 10:10
because his letters, he says, are weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,

But ye

1 Corinthians 3:2
I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;
1 Corinthians 10:12
So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

But we

Proverbs 11:12
He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heart; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.
Luke 10:16
He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.
Luke 18:9
And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:
1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that in this disregards his brother, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

General references

Lamentations 3:14
I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;
1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak as to intelligent persons: do ye judge what I say.
Hebrews 13:13
therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach: