Psalms 53:4

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

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  • 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.”
  • Jer 10:25 : 25 Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.
  • Matt 23:17-39 : 17 Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’ 19 You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it. 23 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel! 25 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too! 27 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say,‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things! 37 Judgment on Israel“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate! 39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
  • Rev 17:16 : 16 The ten horns that you saw, and the beast– these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?
  • 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.

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    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.

  • Hos 4:8
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    8They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!

  • Mic 3:2-4
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    2yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

    3You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle.

    4Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

  • Jer 4:22
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    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.”

  • Isa 5:13
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    13Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Ps 53:5
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    5They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

  • Jer 5:3-4
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    73%

    3LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.

    4I thought,“Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Jer 10:25
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    25Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.

  • Isa 44:18-19
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    72%

    18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

    19No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:‘I burned half of it in the fire– yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’

  • Ps 94:4-7
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    4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

    5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.

    6They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.

    7Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

  • Ps 53:3
    72%

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

  • Obad 1:7
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    7All your allies will force you from your homeland! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise!

  • Lam 1:11
    71%

    11כ(Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. They exchanged their valuables for just enough food to stay alive. Jerusalem Speaks:“Look, O LORD! Consider that I have become worthless!”

  • Ps 79:7
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    7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

  • Ps 53:1
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.(Selah)

  • Jer 50:6-7
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    6“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allowed them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

    7All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said,‘We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture. They have sinned against the LORD in whom their ancestors trusted.’

  • Ps 94:16
    71%

    16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

  • Ps 56:7
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    7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

  • Isa 3:15
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    15Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.

  • Isa 42:24
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    24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

  • Ps 73:11
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    11They say,“How does God know what we do? Is the Most High aware of what goes on?”

  • Rom 3:17
    70%

    17and the way of peace they have not known.”

  • Job 5:5
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    5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.

  • Hos 7:14
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    14They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

  • Ezek 4:17
    70%

    17because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.

  • Isa 52:5
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    5And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.

  • Ps 27:2
    70%

    2When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

  • Mic 4:12
    70%

    12But they do not know what the LORD is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.

  • Jer 12:4
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    4How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast,“God will not see what happens to us.”

  • Ezek 22:29
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    29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.

  • Ps 35:25
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    25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • Job 35:9
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    9“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

  • Isa 59:4
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    4No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

  • Job 16:10
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    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

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    22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”