1 Corinthians 1:19–27

¹⁹For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise: and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

²⁰Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²¹For, seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe.

²²For both the Jews require signs: and the Greeks seek after wisdom.

²³But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews indeed a stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness:

²⁴But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.

²⁵For the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.

²⁷But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.