1 Corinthians 1:28

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“He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,”

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Read 1 Corinthians 1:28 in the flow of 1 Corinthians1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 1 Corinthians1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 1:28 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
  2. Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
  3. Job 34:24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
  4. Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
  5. Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
  6. Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  7. Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
  8. Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
  9. Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  10. Isaiah 41:12You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
  11. Daniel 2:34As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
  12. Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  13. Romans 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  14. 1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
  15. 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  16. Revelation 18:17For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance

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