1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: “I will catch the wise in their own astuteness.”
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20And again: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
Cross References
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the great Lord is above all gods. This is why they acted arrogantly against them.”
2 Samuel 16:23Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was treated as if one were consulting God. So was every counsel of Ahithophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23Then Ahithophel, seeing that his counsel had not been done, saddled his donkey, and he rose up and went away to his own house and to his own city. And putting his house in order, he killed himself by hanging. And he was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
Job 5:13He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
Psalms 9:15You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 19:11The leaders of Tanis are foolish. The wise counselors of Pharaoh have given foolish counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh: “I am the son of wise men, the son of the kings of antiquity?”
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 →