Job 21:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:17 : 17 Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
  • John 8:45-47 : 45 But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me. 46 Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me? 47 He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.
  • John 15:23-24 : 23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
  • 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them; 4 And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

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    15What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

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  • Job 22:17
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    17Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

  • Prov 1:28-30
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    28Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

    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.

  • Ps 73:11
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    11And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • Job 34:27
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    27Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Isa 30:11
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    11Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

  • Job 18:21
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    21Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Job 15:9
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    9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Job 21:13
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    13Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

  • Rom 3:17-18
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    17And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

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  • Job 34:9
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    9For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

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    22Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

  • Job 24:13
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    13Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

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  • Job 32:13-14
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    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

    14I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

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    13Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

  • Job 15:4
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    4Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

  • Job 13:21
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    21Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

  • Ps 94:7
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  • Job 7:16
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    16I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • 2 Sam 14:14
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    14For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.

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    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.

  • Mal 3:14
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    14You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

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    21Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

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

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    4Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

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    9We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

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

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    3I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

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    2Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

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    28For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

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    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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    4Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

  • Job 37:19
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    19Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

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    13Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

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    28And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;