Psalms 82:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 11:3 : 3 When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”
  • Mic 3:1 : 1 God Will Judge Judah’s Sinful Leaders I said,“Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,
  • Prov 2:13 : 13 who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,
  • Ps 14:4 : 4 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 the LORD.
  • Ps 75:3 : 3 When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure.”(Selah)
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 The Problem of Injustice and Oppression I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!
  • Isa 59:9 : 9 Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.
  • John 3:19 : 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:19
    77%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Isa 44:18
    76%

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

  • Jer 5:4
    76%

    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.

  • Jer 4:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 59:8
    75%

    8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

  • Job 12:25
    75%

    25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

  • Job 24:13
    74%

    13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

  • Isa 40:21
    74%

    21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

  • Rom 3:17
    74%

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

  • Job 5:14
    73%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Prov 28:5
    73%

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

  • Ps 82:4
    73%

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Deut 32:28
    73%

    28They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

  • Job 9:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

    6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;

  • Mic 4:12
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 28:5
    72%

    5For they do not understand the LORD’s actions, or the way he carries out justice. The LORD will permanently demolish them.

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Ps 14:4
    71%

    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 11:3
    71%

    3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

  • Job 18:21
    71%

    21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • Ps 104:5
    71%

    5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • Ps 73:18
    71%

    18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

  • Ps 115:7
    71%

    7hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

  • Isa 8:22
    71%

    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Ps 82:6
    71%

    6I thought,‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

  • Ps 73:9
    71%

    9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

  • Amos 3:10
    71%

    10“They do not know how to do what is right.”(The LORD is speaking.)“They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

  • Isa 29:15
    71%

    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?”

  • Ps 94:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 89:11
    70%

    11The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Jer 5:21
    70%

    21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • Ps 53:1
    70%

    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 107:27
    70%

    27They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

  • Jer 5:28
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 14:1
    70%

    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.

  • Job 17:4
    70%

    4Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

  • Job 4:20
    70%

    20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

  • Job 34:25
    70%

    25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

  • Ps 53:4
    70%

    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 God.

  • Isa 5:30
    70%

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Job 30:8
    70%

    8Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

  • Ps 73:11
    69%

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

  • Ps 104:8
    69%

    8as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down– to the place you appointed for them.

  • Ps 115:5
    69%

    5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

  • Job 22:11
    69%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.