1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Cross-reference
1 Corinthians 1:19 contains the OT quote that Paul's question in verse 20 expands on — the wise are rendered foolish by God's action.
1 Corinthians 1:26 immediately follows, noting that not many wise are called — the same point applied to the Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 3:19 states directly that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, restating the theme.
2 Samuel 17:14 explicitly states God defeated Ahithophel's good counsel — a clear OT parallel to God making worldly wisdom foolish.
Job 12:17 says God leads counselors away stripped and makes judges fools — almost identical to Paul's claim that God makes worldly wisdom foolish.
In Job 12:24, God takes understanding from earthly leaders — the same humbling of human wisdom Paul declares here.
Romans 1:22 describes those claiming to be wise becoming fools — the same irony Paul uses: human wisdom turns to foolishness before God.
Isaiah 33:18 uses a similar rhetorical question about scribes and counters — Paul adapts this imagery to challenge worldly wisdom.
Isaiah 44:25 says God frustrates the wise and makes their knowledge foolish — directly echoing Paul's point about God confounding worldly wisdom.
Jeremiah 4:22 says God's people are foolish and lack knowledge — confirming Paul's point that the world's wisdom is folly.
James 3:15 contrasts earthly wisdom (of this world) with heavenly wisdom, reinforcing that worldly wisdom is not from God.
Acts 17:18 shows Epicurean and Stoic philosophers mocking Paul, exemplifying the worldly wisdom God nullifies.
Acts 6:9 describes disputers from synagogues arguing with Stephen, embodying the 'disputer of this world'.
John 7:48 shows rulers and Pharisees (the wise) rejecting Jesus, illustrating worldly wisdom opposing God.
Jeremiah 10:7 declares no wise men among nations compare to God — undergirding Paul's contrast between human and divine wisdom.
Isaiah 19:12 asks 'Where are your wise men?' — a near direct quote Paul adapts to challenge the world's sages.
Isaiah 19:11 calls Egypt's wise men fools — directly reinforcing Paul's claim that worldly wisdom is foolishness.
Job 17:4 says God closed hearts to understanding — the same divine action of hiding wisdom from the worldly wise that Paul highlights.
Job 5:13 says God catches the wise in their craftiness — a direct citation Paul uses in 1 Cor 3:19 to support his argument about worldly wisdom.
2 Samuel 15:31 shows David praying for God to turn Ahithophel's wise counsel into foolishness — a direct example of God making worldly wisdom foolish.
Romans 9:20 rebukes humans who dispute against God, akin to the disputer of this world questioning divine wisdom.
John 11:49 has Caiaphas, a high priest and disputer, ironically saying 'ye know nothing' while plotting against Christ.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 confesses wisdom was far from the Preacher — illustrating human wisdom's insufficiency that Paul decries.
2 Samuel 16:23 emphasizes Ahithophel's wisdom was like oracle of God — highlighting the magnitude of God making it foolish.