2 Corinthians 10:5
We tear down arguments, and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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down.

Luke 1:51
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Acts 4:25, 26
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain? . . .

Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

1 Corinthians 1:19, 27-29
For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." . . .

1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

imaginations.

Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go."

Exodus 9:16, 17
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display to you My power, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth. . . .

2 Kings 19:22, 28
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! . . .

Psalm 18:27
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Job 40:11, 12
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. . . .

Job 42:6
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes."

Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Isaiah 2:11, 12, 17
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. . . .

Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down, and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.'"

Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true, and all His ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.

Daniel 5:23-30
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways. . . .

Acts 9:4-6
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?" . . .

Philippians 3:4-9
though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:4, 8
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. . . .

bringing.

Matthew 11:29, 30
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. . . .

Romans 7:23
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

every thought.

Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart, "The seventh year, the year of release, is near, " so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Psalm 139:2
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

Proverbs 15:26
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

Proverbs 24:9
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

the obedience.

Psalm 18:44
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

Psalm 110:2, 3
The LORD will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion: "Rule in the midst of your enemies." . . .

Romans 1:5
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Romans 16:26
but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith--

Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

1 Peter 1:2, 14, 15, 22
chosen by the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

King James Bible
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

International Standard Version
and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.

NET Bible
and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And we pull down reasonings and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and we take all minds prisoner to the obedience of The Messiah.
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