Psalms 94:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
  • Deut 32:29 : 29 O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 ¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
  • Jer 8:6-8 : 6 I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 92:6
    84%

    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Jer 5:21
    78%

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    78%

    7¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

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

  • Jer 4:22
    77%

    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.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Ps 94:9
    75%

    9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

  • Prov 17:24
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    24¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

  • Jer 5:4
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    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.

  • Ps 94:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 1:22
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 18:2
    74%

    2¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Jer 10:8
    73%

    8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Deut 32:28-29
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    28For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.

    29O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!

  • Job 34:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 15:14
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    14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • Ps 107:17
    72%

    17¶ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1¶ To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. 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.

  • Ps 14:1-2
    2 verses
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    1¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. 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.

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

  • Jer 8:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.

    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?

  • Prov 12:15
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    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Ps 49:20
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    20Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.

  • Ps 75:4
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    4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

  • Prov 10:8
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    8¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Ps 73:22
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    22So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.

  • Job 32:9
    71%

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

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    71%

    19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are wise.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • 1 Cor 1:20
    71%

    20Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Job 12:3
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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  • Eccl 10:15
    71%

    15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Job 34:34
    71%

    34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.