1 Corinthians 3:19

The world's wisdom is foolishness to God, who catches the crafty in their own cleverness. Human wisdom cannot stand before God.

Cross-references · 17

• Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• Ps 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
• 1 Cor 1:19–20For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
• Rom 1:21–22For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
• Isa 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
• Ps 9:15–16The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• 1 Cor 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
• Ps 7:14–15Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
• Isa 29:14–16Therefore 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.”
• 2 Sam 16:23Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
• Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
• Isa 19:11–14The 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”?
• 2 Sam 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
• 2 Sam 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• 2 Sam 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
• Exod 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
• Esth 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

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