Deuteronomy 32:29

King James Version 1611 (Original)

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

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  • Deut 5:29 : 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
  • Ps 81:13 : 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
  • Isa 47:7 : 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
  • Lam 1:9 : 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
  • Isa 48:18-19 : 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Ps 107:15 : 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

    26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

    27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

    28For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

  • 77%

    30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

    31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

  • 29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

  • 22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • 8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • 20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

  • 4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

  • 9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

  • Isa 29:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

    15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • 17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

  • 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

  • 37And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

  • 12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

  • 27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

  • 18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

  • Prov 1:29-32
    4 verses
    69%

    29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

    32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • 5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

  • 15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

  • 21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  • 28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  • 5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

  • 6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

  • 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  • 16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

  • 24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • 13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

  • 29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

  • 43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

  • 21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

  • 6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

  • 20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

  • 33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • 31Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

  • 12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

  • 22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

  • 4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

  • 10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

  • 2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.