Bible Verses About Plato And Greek Philosophy

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Direct Bible warning often used by early Christians in this discussion.

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

Direct passage about Greeks seeking wisdom, often paired with Christ's wisdom

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

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Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

States wisdom among the mature is not wisdom of this age

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

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Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Says God made foolish the wisdom of the world

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

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I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

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For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

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Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

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For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

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Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

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Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Warns that worldly wisdom makes a man think he is wise when he is not

Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

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Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

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Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

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And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

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And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

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Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

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Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

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Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

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(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

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Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

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Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Rejects human precepts and teachings as the basis for spiritual life

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

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