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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 Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:8‑9)

Cross References

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Rom. 11:25• 25For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, that ye be not wise in your own eyes, that hardness hath happened in part to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles come in; (Rom. 11:25)
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Prov. 25:14• 14Clouds and wind without rain{HR}Is whoso boasteth of a false gift. (Prov. 25:14)
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Prov. 26:12• 12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes?{HR}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 thy heart, I [am], and all besides me [is] nothing. (Isa. 47:10)
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Jer. 8:8‑9• 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:8‑9)
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Jer. 10:14• 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame 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 wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the 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 put away the understanding of the understanding ones.
 20Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe; (1 Cor. 1:19‑21)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑19• 18Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh the wise in their 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,