Bible Verses About Pythagoras 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.

Core Bible warning against philosophy and empty deceit.

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

Direct contrast between Greek wisdom and God's wisdom.

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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Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

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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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And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

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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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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

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And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

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And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

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Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

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

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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

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I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

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The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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

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And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

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I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

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And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.

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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:

Shows wisdom of this age versus wisdom of God.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Helpful broader context about Greek poets and public witness.