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1 Corinthians 2 3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
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Acts 17:18
And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
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1 Corinthians 3 18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
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Acts 26:24
And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.
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2 Corinthians 13 9
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
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2 Corinthians 10 10
For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
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Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.
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1 Corinthians 10 14-1 Corinthians 10 15
Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
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Matthew 5:11
Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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Acts 17:32
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.
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Matthew 10:22-25
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
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Isaiah 53:3
He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
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1 Corinthians 1 18-1 Corinthians 1 20
For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Luke 18:9
And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
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2 Corinthians 13 3-2 Corinthians 13 4
seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you- ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
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1 Corinthians 10 12
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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2 Corinthians 11 19
For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
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1 Corinthians 1 1-1 Corinthians 1 3
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Proverbs 11:12
He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
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2 Corinthians 11 29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?
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2 Kings 9 11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.
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1 Corinthians 3 2
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;
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2 Corinthians 12 9-2 Corinthians 12 10
And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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1 Corinthians 2 14
Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
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Luke 6:22
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
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Jeremiah 8:8-9
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
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1 Corinthians 4 8
Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
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1 Thessalonians 4 8
Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
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Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
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1 Peter 4 14
If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
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Luke 10:16
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
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1 Corinthians 1 26-1 Corinthians 1 28
For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
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Acts 9:16
for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.