Psalms 92:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:22 : 22 As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
  • 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?
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
  • Prov 30:2 : 2 For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
  • Ps 75:4 : 4 I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.
  • Ps 14:1 : 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 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

  • 20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • 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.

  • Prov 30:2-3
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    75%

    2 For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

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

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    14 The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

    15 The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

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

    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • 16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • 16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

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

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

  • 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

  • 22 As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.

  • 23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • 24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • 16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • 11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • 33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • 18 They 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.

  • 4 Then 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.

  • 22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

  • 12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • 10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

  • 3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • 22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • 19 A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

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

  • 23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • 7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

  • 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Job 11:11-12
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    72%

    11 For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

    12 And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

  • 21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

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

  • 14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • 17 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

  • 9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • 7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • 10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.