1 Corinthians 3:18
Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
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Proverbs 3:5Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
Proverbs 5:7Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Jeremiah 8:8How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But, behold, the FALSE pen of the scribes has wrought falsely.
Matthew 18:4He therefore who will make himself lowly as this child, this man is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.
Luke 18:17Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, will, no, not enter into it.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:17-18
Holiness Prescribed. ( a. d. 57.) 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Here the apostle resumes his argument and exhortation, founding it on his former allusion, You are God's building, v. 9 , and here, Know you not that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile (corrupt and destroy) the temple of God, him… Read the whole commentary →