Psalms 82:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 11:3 : 3 If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?
  • Mic 3:1 : 1 And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?
  • Prov 2:13 : 13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Have 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 75:3 : 3 When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
  • Isa 59:9 : 9 For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
  • John 3:19 : 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.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
  • 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;
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

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  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • 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.

  • Jer 5:4
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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.

  • 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.

  • Isa 59:8
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    8They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

  • Job 12:25
    75%

    25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • Job 24:13
    74%

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

  • Isa 40:21
    74%

    21Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

  • Rom 3:17
    74%

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

  • Job 5:14
    73%

    14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

  • Ps 82:4
    73%

    4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Deut 32:28
    73%

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

  • Job 9:5-6
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    72%

    5It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

    6Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:

  • 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.

  • Ps 28:5
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    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 92:6
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    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Ps 14:4
    71%

    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 11:3
    71%

    3If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

  • Job 18:21
    71%

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

  • Ps 104:5
    71%

    5He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

  • Job 24:16-17
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    71%

    16In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

    17For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

  • Ps 73:18
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    18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

  • Ps 115:7
    71%

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

  • Isa 8:22
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    22And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Ps 82:6
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    6I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

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    9Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

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    10For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

  • 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?

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

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    70%

    11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

  • Jer 5:21
    70%

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

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    70%

    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.

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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.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • Ps 14:1
    70%

    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.

  • Job 17:4
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    4You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

  • Job 4:20
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    20Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

  • Job 34:25
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    25For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

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    70%

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

  • Isa 5:30
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    30And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

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    70%

    8They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

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    69%

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

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    69%

    8The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

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    5They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

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    69%

    11Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.