Verse 22

For my people{H5971} is foolish{H191}, they have not known{H3045}{(H8804)} me; they are sottish{H5530} children{H1121}, and they have none understanding{H995}{(H8737)}: they are wise{H2450} to do evil{H7489}{(H8687)}, but to do good{H3190}{(H8687)} they have no knowledge{H3045}{(H8804)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For{G1063} your{G5216} obedience{G5218} is come abroad{G864}{(G5633)} unto{G1519} all{G3956} men. I am glad{G5463}{(G5719)} therefore{G3767} on{G1909} your{G5213} behalf{G1909}: but yet{G1161} I would have{G2309}{(G5719)} you{G5209} wise{G4680} unto{G1519} that which is{G1511}{(G5750)} good{G3303}{G18}, and{G1161} simple{G185} concerning{G1519} evil{G2556}.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren{G80}, be{G1096}{(G5737)} not{G3361} children{G3813} in understanding{G5424}: howbeit{G235} in malice{G2549} be ye children{G3515}{(G5720)}, but{G1161} in understanding{G5424} be{G1096}{(G5737)} men{G5046}.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} now this, O foolish{H5530} people{H5971}, and without understanding{H3820}; which have eyes{H5869}, and see{H7200}{(H8799)} not; which have ears{H241}, and hear{H8085}{(H8799)} not:
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 There is{G2076}{(G5748)} none{G3756} that understandeth{G4920}{(G5723)}, there is{G2076}{(G5748)} none{G3756} that seeketh after{G1567}{(G5723)} God{G2316}.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And{G2532} these things{G5023} will they do{G4160}{(G5692)} unto you{G5213}, because{G3754} they have{G1097} not{G3756} known{G1097}{(G5627)} the Father{G3962}, nor{G3761} me{G1691}.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people{H5971} are destroyed{H1820}{(H8738)} for lack of knowledge{H1847}: because thou hast rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} knowledge{H1847}, I will also reject{H3988}{(H8799)} thee, that thou shalt be no priest{H3547}{(H8763)} to me: seeing thou hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8799)} the law{H8451} of thy God{H430}, I will also forget{H7911}{(H8799)} thy children{H1121}.
  • Hos 5:4 : 4 They will not frame{H5414}{(H8799)} their doings{H4611} to turn{H7725}{(H8800)} unto their God{H430}: for the spirit{H7307} of whoredoms{H2183} is in the midst{H7130} of them, and they have not known{H3045}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}, and work{H6466}{(H8802)} evil{H7451} upon their beds{H4904}! when the morning{H1242} is light{H216}, they practise{H6213}{(H8799)} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand{H3027}.
  • Deut 32:28 : 28 For they are a nation{H1471} void{H6}{(H8802)} of counsel{H6098}, neither is there any understanding{H8394} in them.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, and tell{H559}{(H8804)} this people{H5971}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye indeed{H8085}{(H8800)}, but understand{H995}{(H8799)} not; and see{H7200}{(H8798)} ye indeed{H7200}{(H8800)}, but perceive{H3045}{(H8799)} not. 10 Make the heart{H3820} of this people{H5971} fat{H8080}{(H8685)}, and make their ears{H241} heavy{H3513}{(H8685)}, and shut{H8173}{(H8685)} their eyes{H5869}; lest they see{H7200}{(H8799)} with their eyes{H5869}, and hear{H8085}{(H8799)} with their ears{H241}, and understand{H995}{(H8799)} with their heart{H3824}, and convert{H7725}{(H8802)}, and be healed{H7495}{(H8804)}.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs{H7105} thereof are withered{H3001}{(H8800)}, they shall be broken off{H7665}{(H8735)}: the women{H802} come{H935}{(H8802)}, and set them on fire{H215}{(H8688)}: for it is a people{H5971} of no understanding{H998}: therefore he that made{H6213}{(H8802)} them will not have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} on them, and he that formed{H3335}{(H8802)} them will shew them no favour{H2603}{(H8799)}.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing themselves{G5335}{(G5723)} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} wise{G4680}, they became fools{G3471}{(G5681)},
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And{G2532} even as{G2531} they did{G1381} not{G3756} like{G1381}{(G5656)} to retain{G2192}{(G5721)} God{G2316} in{G1722} their knowledge{G1922}, God{G2316} gave{G3860} them{G846} over{G3860}{(G5656)} to{G1519} a reprobate{G96} mind{G3563}, to do{G4160}{(G5721)} those things which are{G2520} not{G3361} convenient{G2520}{(G5723)};
  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Can the Ethiopian{H3569} change{H2015}{(H8799)} his skin{H5785}, or the leopard{H5246} his spots{H2272}? then may{H3201}{(H8799)} ye also do good{H3190}{(H8687)}, that are accustomed{H3928} to do evil{H7489}{(H8687)}.
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind{H5787}, but my servant{H5650}? or deaf{H2795}, as my messenger{H4397} that I sent{H7971}{(H8799)}? who is blind{H5787} as he that is perfect{H7999}{(H8794)}, and blind{H5787} as the LORD'S{H3068} servant{H5650}? 20 Seeing{H7200}{(H8800)}{(H8675)}{H7200}{(H8804)} many things{H7227}, but thou observest{H8104}{(H8799)} not; opening{H6491}{(H8800)} the ears{H241}, but he heareth{H8085}{(H8799)} not.
  • Jer 5:4 : 4 Therefore I said{H559}{(H8804)}, Surely these are poor{H1800}; they are foolish{H2973}{(H8738)}: for they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not the way{H1870} of the LORD{H3068}, nor the judgment{H4941} of their God{H430}.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether{H259} brutish{H1197}{(H8799)} and foolish{H3688}{(H8799)}: the stock{H6086} is a doctrine{H4148} of vanities{H1892}.
  • Ps 14:1-4 : 1 To the chief Musician{H5329}{(H8764)}, A Psalm of David{H1732}. The fool{H5036} hath said{H559}{(H8804)} in his heart{H3820}, There is no God{H430}. They are corrupt{H7843}{(H8689)}, they have done abominable{H8581}{(H8689)} works{H5949}, there is none that doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} good{H2896}. 2 The LORD{H3068} looked down{H8259}{(H8689)} from heaven{H8064} upon the children{H1121} of men{H120}, to see{H7200}{(H8800)} if there{H3426} were any that did understand{H7919}{(H8688)}, and seek{H1875}{(H8802)} God{H430}. 3 They are all gone aside{H5493}{(H8804)}, they are all together{H3162} become filthy{H444}{(H8738)}: there is none that doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} good{H2896}, no, not one{H259}. 4 Have all the workers{H6466}{(H8802)} of iniquity{H205} no knowledge{H3045}{(H8804)}? who eat up{H398}{(H8802)} my people{H5971} as they eat{H398}{(H8804)} bread{H3899}, and call{H7121}{(H8804)} not upon the LORD{H3068}.
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox{H7794} knoweth{H3045}{(H8804)} his owner{H7069}{(H8802)}, and the ass{H2543} his master's{H1167} crib{H18}: but Israel{H3478} doth not know{H3045}{(H8804)}, my people{H5971} doth not consider{H995}{(H8712)}.
  • 1 Cor 1:20-21 : 20 Where{G4226} is the wise{G4680}? where{G4226} is the scribe{G1122}? where{G4226} is the disputer{G4804} of this{G5127} world{G165}? hath{G3471} not{G3780} God{G2316} made foolish{G3471}{(G5656)} the wisdom{G4678} of this{G5127} world{G2889}? 21 For{G1063} after{G1894} that in{G1722} the wisdom{G4678} of God{G2316} the world{G2889} by{G1223} wisdom{G4678} knew{G1097}{(G5627)} not{G3756} God{G2316}, it pleased{G2106}{(G5656)} God{G2316} by{G1223} the foolishness{G3472} of preaching{G2782} to save{G4982}{(G5658)} them that believe{G4100}{(G5723)}.
  • Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, ye children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: for the LORD{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, because there is no truth{H571}, nor mercy{H2617}, nor knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} in the land{H776}.
  • 2 Sam 13:3 : 3 But Amnon{H550} had a friend{H7453}, whose name{H8034} was Jonadab{H3122}, the son{H1121} of Shimeah{H8093} David's{H1732} brother{H251}: and Jonadab{H3122} was a very{H3966} subtil{H2450} man{H376}.
  • 2 Sam 16:21-23 : 21 And Ahithophel{H302} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Absalom{H53}, Go in{H935}{(H8798)} unto thy father's{H1} concubines{H6370}, which he hath left{H3240}{(H8689)} to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} the house{H1004}; and all Israel{H3478} shall hear{H8085}{(H8804)} that thou art abhorred{H887}{(H8738)} of thy father{H1}: then shall the hands{H3027} of all that are with thee be strong{H2388}{(H8804)}. 22 So they spread{H5186}{(H8686)} Absalom{H53} a tent{H168} upon the top of the house{H1406}; and Absalom{H53} went in{H935}{(H8799)} unto his father's{H1} concubines{H6370} in the sight{H5869} of all Israel{H3478}. 23 And the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302}, which he counselled{H3289}{(H8804)} in those days{H3117}, was as if a man{H376} had enquired{H7592}{(H8799)} at the oracle{H1697} of God{H430}: so was all the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302} both with David{H1732} and with Absalom{H53}.
  • Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For the LORD{H3068} hath poured out{H5258}{(H8804)} upon you the spirit{H7307} of deep sleep{H8639}, and hath closed{H6105}{(H8762)} your eyes{H5869}: the prophets{H5030} and your rulers{H7218}, the seers{H2374} hath he covered{H3680}{(H8765)}. 11 And the vision{H2380} of all is become unto you as the words{H1697} of a book{H5612} that is sealed{H2856}{(H8803)}, which men deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} to one that is learned{H3045}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Read{H7121}{(H8798)} this, I pray thee: and he saith{H559}{(H8804)}, I cannot{H3201}{(H8799)}; for it is sealed{H2856}{(H8803)}: 12 And the book{H5612} is delivered{H5414}{(H8738)} to him that is not learned{H3045}{(H8804)}{H5612}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Read{H7121}{(H8798)} this, I pray thee: and he saith{H559}{(H8804)}, I am not learned{H3045}{(H8804)}.
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye thus requite{H1580}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, O foolish{H5036} people{H5971} and unwise{H2450}? is not he thy father{H1} that hath bought{H7069}{(H8804)} thee? hath he not made{H6213}{(H8804)} thee, and established{H3559}{(H8787)} thee?
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Yea, the stork{H2624} in the heaven{H8064} knoweth{H3045}{(H8804)} her appointed times{H4150}; and the turtle{H8449} and the crane{H5483} and the swallow{H5693} observe{H8104}{(H8804)} the time{H6256} of their coming{H935}{(H8800)}; but my people{H5971} know{H3045}{(H8804)} not the judgment{H4941} of the LORD{H3068}. 8 How do ye say{H559}{(H8799)}, We are wise{H2450}, and the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068} is with us? Lo, certainly{H403} in vain{H8267} made{H6213}{(H8804)} he it; the pen{H5842} of the scribes{H5608}{(H8802)} is in vain{H8267}. 9 The wise{H2450} men are ashamed{H3001}{(H8689)}, they are dismayed{H2865}{(H8804)} and taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: lo, they have rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}; and what wisdom{H2451} is in them?
  • Matt 23:16-26 : 16 Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213}, ye blind{G5185} guides{G3595}, which{G3588} say{G3004}{(G5723)}, Whosoever{G3739}{G302} shall swear{G3660}{(G5661)} by{G1722} the temple{G3485}, it is{G2076}{(G5748)} nothing{G3762}; but{G1161} whosoever{G3739}{G302} shall swear{G3660}{(G5661)} by{G1722} the gold{G5557} of the temple{G3485}, he is a debtor{G3784}{(G5719)}! 17 Ye fools{G3474} and{G2532} blind{G5185}: for{G1063} whether{G5101} is{G2076}{(G5748)} greater{G3187}, the gold{G5557}, or{G2228} the temple{G3485} that sanctifieth{G37}{(G5723)} the gold{G5557}? 18 And{G2532}, Whosoever{G3739}{G1437} shall swear{G3660}{(G5661)} by{G1722} the altar{G2379}, it is{G2076}{(G5748)} nothing{G3762}; but{G1161} whosoever{G3739}{G302} sweareth{G3660}{(G5661)} by{G1722} the gift{G1435} that is upon{G1883} it{G846}, he is guilty{G3784}{(G5719)}. 19 Ye fools{G3474} and{G2532} blind{G5185}: for{G1063} whether{G5101} is greater{G3187}, the gift{G1435}, or{G2228} the altar{G2379} that sanctifieth{G37}{(G5723)} the gift{G1435}? 20 Whoso therefore{G3767} shall swear{G3660}{(G5660)} by{G1722} the altar{G2379}, sweareth{G3660}{(G5719)} by{G1722} it{G846}, and{G2532} by{G1722} all things{G3956} thereon{G1883}{G846}. 21 And{G2532} whoso shall swear{G3660}{(G5660)} by{G1722} the temple{G3485}, sweareth{G3660}{(G5719)} by{G1722} it{G846}, and{G2532} by{G1722} him that dwelleth{G2730}{(G5723)} therein{G846}. 22 And{G2532} he that shall swear{G3660}{(G5660)} by{G1722} heaven{G3772}, sweareth{G3660}{(G5719)} by{G1722} the throne{G2362} of God{G2316}, and{G2532} by{G1722} him that sitteth{G2521}{(G5740)} thereon{G1883}{G846}. 23 Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213}, scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees{G5330}, hypocrites{G5273}! for{G3754} ye pay tithe{G586}{(G5719)} of mint{G2238} and{G2532} anise{G432} and{G2532} cummin{G2951}, and{G2532} have omitted{G863}{(G5656)} the weightier{G926} matters of the law{G3551}, judgment{G2920},{G2532} mercy{G1656}, and{G2532} faith{G4102}: these{G5023} ought ye{G1163}{(G5713)} to have done{G4160}{(G5658)}, and not{G3361} to leave{G863} the other{G2548} undone{G863}{(G5721)}. 24 Ye blind{G5185} guides{G3595}, which strain at{G1368}{(G5723)} a gnat{G2971}, and{G1161} swallow{G2666}{(G5723)} a camel{G2574}. 25 Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213}, scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees{G5330}, hypocrites{G5273}! for{G3754} ye make clean{G2511}{(G5719)} the outside{G1855} of the cup{G4221} and{G2532} of the platter{G3953}, but{G1161} within{G2081} they are full{G1073}{(G5719)} of{G1537} extortion{G724} and{G2532} excess{G192}. 26 Thou blind{G5185} Pharisee{G5330}, cleanse{G2511}{(G5657)} first{G4412} that which is within{G1787} the cup{G4221} and{G2532} platter{G3953}, that{G2443} the outside{G1622} of them{G846} may be{G1096}{(G5638)} clean{G2513} also{G2532}.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And{G2532} the lord{G2962} commended{G1867}{(G5656)} the unjust{G93} steward{G3623}, because{G3754} he had done{G4160}{(G5656)} wisely{G5430}: for{G3754} the children{G5207} of this{G5127} world{G165} are{G1526}{(G5748)} in{G1519} their{G1438} generation{G1074} wiser{G5429} than{G5228} the children{G5207} of light{G5457}.