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Romans 1

Rom. 1:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Professing themselves
phasko (Greek #5335)
to assert
KJV usage: affirm, profess, say.
Pronounce: fas'-ko
Origin: prolongation from the same as 5346
to be
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
wise
sophos (Greek #4680)
wise (in a most general application)
KJV usage: wise. Compare 5429.
Pronounce: sof-os'
Origin: akin to σαφής (clear)
, theye became fools
moraino (Greek #3471)
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
KJV usage: become fool, make foolish, lose savour.
Pronounce: mo-rah'-ee-no
Origin: from 3474
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Jer. 8:8‑9• 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:8‑9)

Cross References

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Rom. 11:25• 25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (Rom. 11:25)
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Prov. 25:14• 14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. (Prov. 25:14)
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Prov. 26:12• 12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. (Prov. 26:12)
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Isa. 47:10• 10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. (Isa. 47:10)
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Jer. 8:8‑9• 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:8‑9)
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Jer. 10:14• 14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (Jer. 10:14)
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Matt. 6:23• 23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! (Matt. 6:23)
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1 Cor. 1:19‑21• 19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
 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 after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. (1 Cor. 1:19‑21)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑19• 18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:18‑19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

W. Kelly Translation

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Professing to be wise, they became fools,