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1 Corinthians 1:28

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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:

And {G2532} base things {G36} of the world {G2889}, and {G2532} things which are despised {G1848}, hath {G1586} God {G2316} chosen {G1586}, yea, and {G2532} things which {G3588} are {G5607} not {G3361}, to {G2443} bring to nought {G2673} things that are {G5607}:

and God chose what the world looks down on as common or regards as nothing in order to bring to nothing what the world considers important;

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

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:

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Cross-References

  • Job 34:24 (10 votes)

    He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

  • Romans 4:17 (7 votes)

    ¶ (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

  • Isaiah 2:11 (6 votes)

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Job 34:19 (4 votes)

    [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

  • Job 34:20 (4 votes)

    In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

  • Isaiah 2:17 (3 votes)

    And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Isaiah 41:12 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.