Psalms 53:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Jer 16:17 : 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
  • Ps 102:19 : 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep 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.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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    1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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    1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

  • Rom 3:10-12
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    82%

    10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

    11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

    12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Ps 53:3
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    3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Ps 33:13-14
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    13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

    14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • Ps 102:19
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    19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

  • Ps 139:23
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    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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    72%

    50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

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    27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

  • Prov 28:5
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    5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

  • Jer 4:22-23
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    22 For 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.

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  • Job 28:23-24
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    23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

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    7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

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  • Eccl 7:20
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    20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

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    4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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    40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

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    21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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    32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

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    28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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    4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

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    7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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    21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

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    6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.