Job 21:14

American Standard Version (1901)

And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

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  • Job 22:17 : 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
  • John 8:45-47 : 45 But because I say the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
  • John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it] . All his thoughts are, There is no God.
  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

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  • Job 21:15-16
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    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

    16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 17Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

  • Prov 1:28-30
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    28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

    29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

    30They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

  • 11And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

  • 11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  • 21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • 9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

  • 13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • Rom 3:17-18
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    17And the way of peace have they not known:

    18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • 9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

  • 22Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

  • 13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

  • 1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

  • Job 32:13-14
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    13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

    14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • 13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it] ?

  • 4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

  • 21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

  • 7And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.

  • 21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

  • 16I loathe [my life] ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  • 14For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

  • 4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

  • 14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

  • 18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • 21because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

  • 11There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

  • 15Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here] .

  • 4Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

  • 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

  • 4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

  • 9We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

  • 35Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

  • 3And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • 1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

  • 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

  • 13And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

  • 28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

  • 7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

  • 4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

  • 19Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness.

  • 16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

  • 5They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • 13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

  • 28And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;