1 Corinthians 1:19

1 Corinthians chapter 1 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

King James Version · 1611

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

American Standard Version · 1901

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

v.18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

v.19This passage

v.20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 29:14
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Job 5:12
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?