1 Corinthians 1:19

1 Corinthians 3:19; Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 8:9; Job 5:12; Job 5:13

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For it is written - This passage is quoted from Isaiah 29:14 . The Hebrew of the passage, as rendered in the English version is, “the wisdom of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(22) For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (22) The apostle proves t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:18 to 1 Corinthians 2:5 . The Cross, Folly to the World, is the Power and Wisdom of God. Paul now explains and justifies 1 Cori...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is . has been. The reference is to Isaiah 29:14 . App-107. destroy . Greek. apollumi , as in 1 Corinthians 1:18 . bring to nothing . annul. G...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. For it is written, etc. He shows still farther, from the testimony of Isaiah, how unreasonable a thing it is that the truth of the gospel...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. For it is written - The place r...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For it is written, I will destroy, &c.— See Isaiah 29:11 , &c. and Isaiah 33:17-18 . By the words wise, scribe, disputer, the Apostle p...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

It is written ] Quoted from the LXX version of Isaiah 29:14 ; Isaiah 21 . By wisdom ] The Greeks learned nothing of His character from nature or...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For it is written. — This is a further explanation of why the word of the gospel, and not the word of merely human wisdom, is “the power of God.” T...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (19) For it is written, I...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As it is written ,.... The passage referred to is in Isaiah 29:14 where it is read, "the wisdom of their wise men shall perish; and the understan...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Ver. 19. For it is written...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject”.' Paul now turns to Scripture to prove hi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For it is written — And the words are remarkably applicable to this great event. Isaiah 29:14

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 1:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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