1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for the Messiah's sake, but you are wise in the Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
1 Corinthians 2:3
It was in weakness, fear, and great trembling that I came to you.
Acts 17:18
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 26:24
As he continued his defense, Festus shouted, "You're out of your mind, Paul! Too much education is driving you crazy!"
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.
2 Corinthians 13:9
We are glad when we are weak and you are strong. That is what we are praying for your maturity.
2 Kings 9:11
As Jehu was coming out to his master's attendants, one of them asked him, "Is everything all right? Why did this maniac visit you?" "You know the man and how he speculates," Jehu replied.
Proverbs 11:12
Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but the discerning man controls his comments.
Isaiah 53:3
"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.
Jeremiah 8:8-9
How can you say, "We're wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,' when, in fact, the deceitful pen of the scribe has made it into something that deceives.
Hosea 9:7
The time for your judgment has now come; payday is here and Israel knows it. The prophet is a fool, and the spiritual man is insane. Because of your great sin, the hatred against you is great.
Matthew 5:11
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
Matthew 10:22-25
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:9
"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Luke 6:22
"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!
Luke 10:16
The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
Luke 18:9
Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:
Acts 9:16
since I'm going to show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake."
Acts 17:32
When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."
1 Corinthians 1:1-3
From: Paul, called to be an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and from our brother Sosthenes.
1 Corinthians 1:18-20
For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.
1 Corinthians 1:26-28
Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
1 Corinthians 2:14
A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.
1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. And you're still not ready!
1 Corinthians 4:8
You already have all you want! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you!
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn't fall.
1 Corinthians 10:14-15
And so, my dear friends, keep on running away from idolatry.
2 Corinthians 10:10
For someone is saying, "His letters are impressive and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible."
2 Corinthians 11:19
You are wise, so you will gladly be tolerant of fools.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak without me being weak, too? Who is caused to stumble without me becoming indignant?
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
but he has told me, "My grace is all you need, because my power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the Messiah's power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 13:3-4
since you want proof that the Messiah is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is making his power felt among you.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.