Romans 1:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,”
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“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“professing to be wise, they were made fools,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Romans 1:22 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Isaiah 47:10You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
- Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
- Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
- Matthew 6:23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let 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.
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