1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He who catches the wise in their craftiness,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20and again, Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain.
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that LORD is greater than all gods, yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
2 Samuel 16:23And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got home to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself. And he died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
Job 5:13He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Isaiah 19:11The rulers of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How will ye say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, the son of ancient kings?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:19-21
Humility Prescribed. ( a. d. 57.) 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Here he prescribes humility, and a modest opinion of themselves, for the remedy of the irregularities in the church of Corinth, the divisions and contests… Read the whole commentary →