Psalms 94:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
  • 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.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
  • Deut 32:29 : 29 If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
  • 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 8:5 : 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
  • 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.
  • Jer 8:6-8 : 6 I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight. 7 Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord. 8 How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 92:6
    84%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    82%

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

  • Jer 5:21
    78%

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Jer 4:22
    77%

    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 14:33
    75%

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

  • Ps 94:9
    75%

    9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

  • Prov 17:24
    75%

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

  • Jer 5:4
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 94:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 1:22
    74%

    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 26:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 18:2
    74%

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

  • Jer 10:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 23:9
    73%

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

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

  • Prov 17:16
    73%

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

  • Deut 32:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Job 34:16
    72%

    16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    72%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

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

  • Isa 44:18
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 107:17
    72%

    17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    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:

  • Ps 49:10
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

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

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 53:1
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 14:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

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

  • Jer 8:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

    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?

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Ps 49:20
    71%

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

  • Ps 75:4
    71%

    4 I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.

  • Prov 10:8
    71%

    8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Prov 13:16
    71%

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

  • Ps 73:22
    71%

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

  • Job 32:9
    71%

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

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    71%

    19 For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • 1 Cor 1:20
    71%

    20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Job 12:3
    71%

    3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

  • Eccl 10:15
    71%

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

  • Job 34:34
    71%

    34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,