1Cor 1:20 Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:20

20: So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made them all look foolish and has shown their wisdom to be useless nonsense.

Romans 1:22

  1. Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.

1 Corinthians 1:19

  1. As the Scriptures say, "I will destroy human wisdom and discard their most brilliant ideas."

Job 12:17

  1. He leads counselors away stripped of good judgment; he drives judges to madness.

1 Corinthians 3:19

  1. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, "God catches those who think they are wise in their own cleverness."

Isaiah 44:25

  1. I am the one who exposes the false prophets as liars by causing events to happen that are contrary to their predictions. I cause wise people to give bad advice, thus proving them to be fools.

Isaiah 33:18

  1. You will think back to this time of terror when the Assyrian officers outside your walls counted your towers and estimated how much plunder they would get from your fallen city.

Job 12:20

  1. He silences the trusted adviser, and he removes the insight of the elders.

2 Samuel 17:23

  1. Meanwhile, Ahithophel was publicly disgraced when Absalom refused his advice. So he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried beside his father.

Job 12:24

  1. He takes away the understanding of kings, and he leaves them wandering in a wasteland without a path.

1 Corinthians 2:6

  1. Yet when I am among mature Christians, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world, and not the kind that appeals to the rulers of this world, who are being brought to nothing.

2 Samuel 17:14

  1. Then Absalom and all the leaders of Israel said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." For the LORD had arranged to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster upon Absalom!

2 Samuel 16:23

  1. Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.

Isaiah 53:1

  1. Who has believed our message? To whom will the LORD reveal his saving power?

2 Samuel 15:31

  1. When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, "O LORD, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!"

Isaiah 19:11

  1. What fools are the counselors of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast of their wisdom? Will they dare tell Pharaoh about their long line of wise ancestors?
  2. What has happened to your wise counselors, Pharaoh? If they are so wise, let them tell you what the LORD Almighty is going to do to Egypt.
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