1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
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1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
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1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
1 Corinthians 3:20
And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
Colossians 2:8
Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
Romans 11:25
For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
Proverbs 3:7
Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:
Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
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1 Corinthians 1:22
Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25
Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
Luke 10:21
In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
Matthew 11:27
All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
Daniel 2:20
And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:
Romans 11:33
O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
Jude 1:25
To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.
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1 Corinthians 1:19
As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.
Isaiah 5:21
Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Jeremiah 8:8
How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
Psalms 94:11
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
Isaiah 19:11
The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?
Isaiah 19:12
Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.
Isaiah 19:13
The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.
Isaiah 29:14
For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
Isaiah 47:10
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
Romans 12:16
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
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Romans 1:20
For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Romans 1:21
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
Romans 1:22
Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
Romans 1:23
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
Galatians 4:8
But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:
2 Corinthians 4:4
Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
Acts 17:30
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Ephesians 4:18
Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;
Acts 26:18
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
2 Corinthians 4:6
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:6
But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
1 Corinthians 2:8
Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
1 Corinthians 2:13
And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
Ephesians 3:10
So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
1 Corinthians 1:30
But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
Ephesians 1:8
Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
Colossians 2:3
In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
Revelation 5:12
Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
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1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;
1 Corinthians 1:28
And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
1 Corinthians 1:29
So that no flesh might have glory before God.
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John 1:10
He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
Acts 17:23
For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.
Ephesians 2:12
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
John 17:25
Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
John 1:5
And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
John 16:3
They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
1 John 5:20
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;
Ezekiel 28:3
See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:
John 9:34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
John 9:40
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
2 Corinthians 11:19
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
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1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.
1 Corinthians 2:1
And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.
1 Corinthians 2:4
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
2 Corinthians 11:6
But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
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1 Corinthians 15:2
By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.
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Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:3
Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
Mark 16:16
He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
Romans 10:14
But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
1 John 1:1
That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life
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Acts 17:27
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
Romans 1:29
Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
Romans 1:30
Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
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Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
Romans 10:9
Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:
James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
Revelation 22:14
A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.
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2 Peter 1:10
For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
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2 Peter 1:11
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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Psalms 115:5
They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;
Psalms 115:8
Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
Isaiah 44:18
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
Isaiah 44:19
And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
Isaiah 44:20
As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.
Jeremiah 10:14
Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
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John 14:17
Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.
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1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,
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Ephesians 1:5
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
Ephesians 1:11
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;
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