1 Corinthians 3:19

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“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”Job 5:13”

— WEB

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”

— KJV

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:”

— ASV

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Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 5:13 "He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong."
Psalms 141:10 "Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by."
1 Corinthians 1:19-20 "For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”Isaiah 29:14"
Romans 1:21-22 "Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart …"
Isaiah 44:25 "who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;"
Psalms 9:15-16 "The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken."
1 Corinthians 2:6 "We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming…"
Psalms 7:14-15 "Behold,“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. he travails wi…"

Commentary

with God--in the judgment of God. it is written--in Job 5:13. The formula of quoting SCRIPTURE used here, establishes the canonicity of Job. He taketh . . . wise in . . . own craftiness--proving the "foolishness" of the world's wisdom, since it is made by God the very snare to catch those who think themselves so wise. Literally, "He who taketh . . . the whole of the sentence not being quoted, but only the part which suited Paul's purpose.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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