1Cor 1:27 Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:27

27: Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.

James 2:5

  1. Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Matthew 11:25

  1. Then Jesus prayed this prayer: "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike.

1 Corinthians 1:20

  1. 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.

Psalms 8:2

  1. You have taught children and nursing infants to give you praise. They silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.

Acts 4:11

  1. For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'
  2. There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them."
  3. The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men who had had no special training. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.
  4. But since the man who had been healed was standing right there among them, the council had nothing to say.
  5. So they sent Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.

Isaiah 29:14

  1. Because of this, I will do wonders among these hypocrites. I will show that human wisdom is foolish and even the most brilliant people lack understanding."

2 Corinthians 10:4

  1. We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds.
  2. With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ.

Luke 21:15

  1. for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply!

Matthew 21:16

  1. and asked Jesus, "Do you hear what these children are saying?Yes," Jesus replied. "Haven't you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, 'You have taught children and infants to give you praise.'"

2 Corinthians 4:7

  1. But this precious treasure--this light and power that now shine within us--is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own.

Zephaniah 3:12

  1. Those who are left will be the lowly and the humble, for it is they who trust in the name of the LORD.

Isaiah 26:5

  1. He humbles the proud and brings the arrogant city to the dust. Its walls come crashing down!
  2. The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot.

Isaiah 29:19

  1. The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD. Those who are poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

2 Corinthians 10:10

  1. For some say, "Don't worry about Paul. His letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are really bad!"

Acts 24:24

  1. A few days later Felix came with his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish. Sending for Paul, they listened as he told them about faith in Christ Jesus.
  2. As he reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified. "Go away for now," he replied. "When it is more convenient, I'll call for you again."

Matthew 4:18

  1. One day as Jesus was walking along the shore beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers--Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew--fishing with a net, for they were commercial fishermen.
  2. Jesus called out to them, "Come, be my disciples, and I will show you how to fish for people!"
  3. And they left their nets at once and went with him.
  4. A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, mending their nets. And he called them to come, too.
  5. They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.

Matthew 9:9

  1. As Jesus was going down the road, he saw Matthew sitting at his tax-collection booth. "Come, be my disciple," Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.

Luke 19:39

  1. But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, "Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!"
  2. He replied, "If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!"

Acts 6:9

  1. But one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia.
  2. None of them was able to stand against the wisdom and Spirit by which Stephen spoke.

Acts 17:18

  1. He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, "This babbler has picked up some strange ideas." Others said, "He's pushing some foreign religion."

Acts 7:35

  1. And so God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected by demanding, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us?' Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, Moses was sent to be their ruler and savior.

Acts 7:54

  1. The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen's accusation, and they shook their fists in rage.
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