Psalms 14:2

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The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

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  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men; 14 From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.
  • Matt 13:15 : 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.
  • Prov 9:4 : 4 Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:
  • Isa 8:19 : 19 And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?
  • 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 55:6 : 6 Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:
  • Isa 64:1 : 1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;
  • 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.
  • Lam 3:50 : 50 Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.
  • Ps 69:32 : 32 The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
  • Ps 102:19-20 : 19 For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven; 20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
  • Prov 2:9 : 9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.
  • Gen 11:5 : 5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
  • Gen 18:21 : 21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 53:1-3
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    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.

    2God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

    3Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

  • 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.

  • Ps 33:13-14
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    13The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

    14From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

  • Rom 3:11-12
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    11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

    12They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

  • Ps 14:3-4
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    3They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

    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.

  • Ps 102:19
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    19For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

  • Ps 113:6
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    6Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

  • Ps 11:4
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    4The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

  • Lam 3:50
    72%

    50Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.

  • Prov 28:5
    72%

    5Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

  • Ps 139:23
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    23O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • Job 28:23-24
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    23God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

    24For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

  • Ps 94:7-8
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    7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

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

  • Gen 11:5
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    5And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

  • Jer 4:22-23
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    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.

    23Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Ps 115:2
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    2Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

  • Ps 144:3
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    3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

  • Job 28:28
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    28And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Ps 139:1
    70%

    1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

  • Prov 15:11
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    11Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

  • Job 34:21
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    21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

    20For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

  • Acts 17:27
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    27So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

  • Prov 7:7
    70%

    7I saw among the young men one without sense,

  • Job 10:4
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    4Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

  • Job 22:12
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    12Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

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

  • Ps 36:1
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    1<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Ps 4:6
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    6There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

  • Jer 17:10
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    10I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

  • Isa 29:15
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    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?

  • Prov 2:5
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    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Jer 14:22
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    22Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.

  • Job 36:25
    69%

    25All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

  • Ps 44:21
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    21Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Deut 32:19
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    19And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.

  • Ps 111:2
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    2The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.