Psalms 14:2

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The LORD looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The LORD watches from heaven; he sees all people. 14 From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
  • Prov 9:4 : 4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
  • Isa 8:19 : 19 Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives They will say to you,“Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!
  • Isa 64:1 : 1 (63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
  • Lam 3:50 : 50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.
  • Ps 69:32 : 32 The oppressed look on– let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
  • Ps 102:19-20 : 19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth, 20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the LORD’s acts of loyal love!
  • Prov 2:9 : 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 everyone who has determined to follow God, the LORD God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”
  • Gen 11:5 : 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
  • Gen 18:21 : 21 that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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    1For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

    2God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

    3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

  • Ps 14:1
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    1For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

  • Ps 33:13-14
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    13The LORD watches from heaven; he sees all people.

    14From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.

  • Rom 3:11-12
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    11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

    12All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

  • Ps 14:3-4
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    76%

    3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

    4All those who behave wickedly do not understand– those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the LORD.

  • Ps 102:19
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    19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

  • Ps 113:6
    74%

    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

  • Ps 11:4
    73%

    4The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.

  • Lam 3:50
    72%

    50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.

  • Prov 28:5
    72%

    5Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it all.

  • Ps 139:23
    72%

    23Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

  • Job 28:23-24
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    71%

    23God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.

    24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

  • Ps 94:7-8
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    7Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

    8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

  • Gen 11:5
    71%

    5But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

  • Jer 4:22-23
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    71%

    22The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

    23“I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

  • Prov 15:3
    71%

    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

  • Ps 115:2
    70%

    2Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”

  • Ps 144:3
    70%

    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

  • Ps 139:1
    70%

    1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know.

  • Prov 15:11
    70%

    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Job 34:21
    70%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

    20For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

  • Acts 17:27
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    27so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

  • Prov 7:7
    70%

    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

  • Job 10:4
    70%

    4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

  • Job 22:12
    69%

    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

  • Ps 73:11
    69%

    11They say,“How does God know what we do? Is the Most High aware of what goes on?”

  • Job 41:34
    69%

    34It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

  • Ps 36:1
    69%

    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Ps 4:6
    69%

    6Many say,“Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, LORD!

  • Jer 17:10
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    10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

  • Isa 29:15
    69%

    15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

  • Prov 2:5
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    5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

  • Jer 14:22
    69%

    22Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”

  • Job 36:25
    69%

    25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

  • Ps 44:21
    69%

    21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Deut 32:19
    69%

    19A Word of Judgment But the LORD took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.

  • Ps 111:2
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    2The LORD’s deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them.

  • Ps 94:11
    69%

    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.