1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the discernment of the discerning.”

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In The King James Version

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

In Context

18For the preaching of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.

20Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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Cross References

Job 5:12Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;

Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; The wise counsellors of Pharaoh have been stupid in their counsels. How, then, can ye say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings”?

Jeremiah 8:9The wise men shall be confounded; They shall be dismayed and ensnared; Behold, they have rejected the word of Jehovah, And what wisdom is there in them?

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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