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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•  (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•  (Prov. 25:14)
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Prov. 26:12•  (Prov. 26:12)
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Isa. 47:10•  (Isa. 47:10)
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Jer. 8:8‑9•  (Jer. 8:8‑9)
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Jer. 10:14•  (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,