1 Corinthians 1:19
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For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
In other translations
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Greek words
γέγραπταιgegraptaiIt has been writtenG1125γάρ·garfor:G1063ἀπολῶapolōI will destroyG622τὴνtēntheG3588σοφίανsophianwisdomG4678τῶνtōnof theG3588σοφῶν,sophōnwise,G4680καὶkaiandG2532τὴνtēntheG3588σύνεσινsunesinintelligenceG4907τῶνtōnof theG3588συνετῶνsunetōnintelligentG4908ἀθετήσω.athetēsōI will frustrate.G114
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- Isaiah 29:14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
- Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
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- Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
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