12 Bible Verses about Reasoned Argument
Most Relevant Verses
“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.
“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
But some of the scribes were sitting there debating in their hearts [the implication of what He had said],
Immediately Jesus, being fully aware [of their hostility] and knowing in His spirit that they were thinking this, said to them, “Why are you debating and arguing about these things in your hearts?
He was talking and arguing with the Hellenists (Greek-speaking Jews); but they were attempting to kill him.
Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
For even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.
and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the [humanly] wise, that they are useless.”
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
