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1 Corinthians 1:20

Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

In Context

19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

Job 12:17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;

Job 12:24He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

Isaiah 33:18Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →

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