Philosophy

25 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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A Philosophical Discussion About Wisdom

1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
1 Corinthians 1:19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
1 Corinthians 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 2:1–5 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. …
1 Corinthians 2:13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

Acts 17:18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the …

Job 5:8–20 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him— …
Job 9:1 Then Job answered:
Job 10:2–21 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me. …
Job 12:6–24 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure — those who carry their god in their hands. …
Job 33:12–30 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. …
Job 37:1 “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
Colossians 2:16–19 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. …
1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
Romans 1:19–20 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. …

Ecclesiastes 1:1 These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 4:1 Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.