Deuteronomy 32:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
  • Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

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  • Deut 32:29
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    29If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

  • Jer 4:22
    79%

    22For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

  • Jer 10:8
    75%

    8But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

  • Deut 32:27
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    27But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

  • Isa 41:28
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    28And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

  • Jer 5:4
    74%

    4Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

  • Prov 1:29-30
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    74%

    29For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

    30They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

  • Prov 21:30
    73%

    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

  • Ps 82:5
    73%

    5They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

  • Rom 3:11
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    11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

  • Isa 27:11
    72%

    11When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.

  • Jer 5:21
    72%

    21Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • Job 32:9
    72%

    9It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

  • Job 34:27
    72%

    27Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Ps 135:17
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    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Job 39:17
    72%

    17That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

  • Job 17:4
    72%

    4You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

  • Prov 15:22
    72%

    22Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

  • Job 12:24
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    24He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

  • Deut 32:20-21
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    71%

    20And he said, My face will be veiled from them, I will see what their end will be: for they are an uncontrolled generation, children in whom is no faith.

    21They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,

  • Ps 107:27
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    27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

  • Ps 94:8
    71%

    8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

  • Mic 4:12
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    12But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.

  • Isa 30:1-2
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    1Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

    2Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

  • Jer 7:28
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    28And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

  • Ps 28:5
    71%

    5Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

  • Ps 53:1
    71%

    1<To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

  • Rom 3:17
    71%

    17And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

  • Job 21:16
    71%

    16Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Deut 32:37
    71%

    37And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?

  • Job 34:35
    71%

    35Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

  • Ps 92:6
    70%

    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1<To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

  • Isa 30:5
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    5For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.

  • Job 26:3
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    3How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

  • Isa 29:14-15
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    14For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

    15Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

  • Ps 115:7
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    7They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

  • Hos 10:3
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    3Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?

  • Deut 28:50
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    50A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

  • Deut 32:31
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    31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.

  • Isa 5:13
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    13For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7I saw among the young men one without sense,

  • Ps 33:10
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    10The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

  • Ps 107:11
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    11Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High: