1 Corinthians 3:19
for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
Cross References
Exodus 18:11now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly — [He is] above them!'
2 Samuel 16:23And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days [is] as [when] one inquireth at the word of God; so [is] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
Job 5:13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
Psalms 9:15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Isaiah 19:11Only, fools [are] the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, 'A son of the wise am I, a son of 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 →