2Ki 9:11, Hos 9:7, Act 17:18, 32, 1Cor 1:1-3, 18-20, 26-28, 2:3, 14, 3:18 | ESV | STEP | When Jehu came out to the servants of his master , they said to him, Is all well ? Why did this mad fellow come to you? And he said to them, You know the fellow and his talk .

11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, ^a“Is all well? Why did ^bthis mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.”

Hosea 9:7

7 ^cThe days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
^dThe prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.

Acts 17:18

18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, ^e“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because ^fhe was preaching ^gJesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32

32 Now when they heard of ^hthe resurrection of the dead, ⁱsome mocked. But others said, ^j“We will hear you again about this.”

1 Corinthians 1:1-3

Greeting

1 Paul, ^kcalled ^lby the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,

2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those ^msanctified in Christ Jesus, ⁿcalled to be saints together with all those who in every place ^ocall upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

3 ^pGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:18-20

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

18 For the word of the cross is ^qfolly to ^rthose who are perishing, but to us ^swho are being saved it is ^tthe power of God. 19 For it is written,

^u“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 ^vWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ^wHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 1:26-28

26 For consider your calling, brothers: ^xnot many of you were wise according to worldly standards, ^{▼▼Greek according to the flesh} not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But ^zGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^aaGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^abthings that are not, to ^acbring to nothing things that are,

1 Corinthians 2:3

3 And ^adI was with you ^aein weakness and in fear and much trembling,

1 Corinthians 2:14

14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^affolly to him, and ^aghe is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 3:18

18 ^ahLet no one deceive himself. ^aiIf anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.