Bible Cross References
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1 Corinthians 1:20
So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world's wisdom is foolishness!
1 Corinthians 2:3-6
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So when I came to you, I was weak and trembled all over with fear,
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and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit.
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Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.
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Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world---powers that are losing their power.
1 Corinthians 2:13-6
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.
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For what this world considers to be wisdom is nonsense in God's sight. As the scripture says, "God traps the wise in their cleverness";
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and another scripture says, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."
Zephaniah 3:12
I will leave there a humble and lowly people, who will come to me for help.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned.
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.
Luke 10:21
At that time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit and said, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.
John 7:47-49
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"Did he fool you, too?" the Pharisees asked them.
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"Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him?
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This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
James 3:13-17
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Are there any of you who are wise and understanding? You are to prove it by your good life, by your good deeds performed with humility and wisdom.
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But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
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Such wisdom does not come down from heaven; it belongs to the world, it is unspiritual and demonic.
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Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.
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But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.
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Luke 1:3
And so, Your Excellency, because I have carefully studied all these matters from their beginning, I thought it would be good to write an orderly account for you.
Luke 18:24
Jesus saw that he was sad and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!
Luke 18:25
It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."
John 4:46-53
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Then Jesus went back to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. A government official was there whose son was sick in Capernaum.
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When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to go to Capernaum and heal his son, who was about to die.
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Jesus said to him, "None of you will ever believe unless you see miracles and wonders."
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"Sir," replied the official, "come with me before my child dies."
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Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live!" The man believed Jesus' words and went.
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On his way home his servants met him with the news, "Your boy is going to live!"
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He asked them what time it was when his son got better, and they answered, "It was one o'clock yesterday afternoon when the fever left him."
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Then the father remembered that it was at that very hour when Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So he and all his family believed.
John 19:38
After this, Joseph, who was from the town of Arimathea, asked Pilate if he could take Jesus' body. (Joseph was a follower of Jesus, but in secret, because he was afraid of the Jewish authorities.) Pilate told him he could have the body, so Joseph went and took it away.
John 19:39
Nicodemus, who at first had gone to see Jesus at night, went with Joseph, taking with him about one hundred pounds of spices, a mixture of myrrh and aloes.
Acts 13:7
He was a friend of the governor of the island, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor called Barnabas and Saul before him because he wanted to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:12
When the governor saw what had happened, he believed; for he was greatly amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
Acts 17:34
Some men joined him and believed, among whom was Dionysius, a member of the council; there was also a woman named Damaris, and some other people.
Philippians 4:22
All God's people here send greetings, especially those who belong to the Emperor's palace.
James 1:9-11
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Those Christians who are poor must be glad when God lifts them up,
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and the rich Christians must be glad when God brings them down. For the rich will pass away like the flower of a wild plant.
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The sun rises with its blazing heat and burns the plant; its flower falls off, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich will be destroyed while they go about their business.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
2 John 1:1
From the Elder--- To the dear Lady and to her children, whom I truly love. And I am not the only one, but all who know the truth love you,