1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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2 Samuel 15:31And, unto David, it was told, saying, Ahithophel, is among the conspirators with Absolom. And David said, Turn to foolishness, I pray thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Yahweh.
2 Samuel 17:14Then said Absolom and all the men of Israel, Better, is the counsel of Hushai the Archite, than the counsel of Ahithophel. Yahweh, indeed, had given charge to frustrate the wise counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring upon Absolom, ruin.
Job 12:17Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:
Job 12:24Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:
Isaiah 33:18Thy heart, may murmur in terror,—Where is the scribe? Where—the receiver? Where—he that maketh a list of the towers?
Isaiah 53:1Who believed what we have heard? And, the arm of Yahweh, to whom was it 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 →