Cross references

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let 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.

1 Corinthians 3:18 BSB

1 Corinthians 3:18 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 3:5 (28 votes) and 1 Corinthians 1:18–21 (15 votes). 45 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 41 to 1 John 1.

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Which verses does 1 Corinthians 3:18 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 3:528 votes

    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

  2. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” …

  3. Isaiah 5:2114 votes

    Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

  4. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  5. Luke 18:1710 votes

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

  6. Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

  7. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

  8. James 1:229 votes

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

  9. Mark 10:158 votes

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

  10. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  11. Titus 3:37 votes

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

  12. James 1:267 votes

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 3:18?

The 10 strongest of 45.