1 Corinthians 1:19
1:19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” 1
1 Corinthians 3:19
3:19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” 2
1 Corinthians 10:7
10:7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 3
1 Corinthians 10:11
10:11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
1 Corinthians 15:45
15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; 4 the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1 sn A quotation from Isa 29:14.
2 sn A quotation from Job 5:13.
3 tn The term “play” may refer to idolatrous, sexual play here, although that is determined by the context rather than the meaning of the word itself (cf. BDAG 750 s.v. παίζω).
sn A quotation from Exod 32:6.
4 tn Grk “living soul”; a quotation from Gen 2:7.