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1 Corinthians 3:20
1 Corinthians 3:20 is verse 20 of 1 Corinthians chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
Psalms 94:11
King James Version
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
World English Bible
And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”
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1 Corinthians 3:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Job 11:11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Romans 1:21For 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.
Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.