Job 21:14
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14 Yet they say to God, ‘(A)Go away from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
Psalm 10:3-4
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3 For the wicked (A)boasts of his (B)soul’s desire,
And [a]the greedy person curses and (C)shows disrespect to the Lord.
4 The wicked, [b]in his haughtiness, (D)does not seek Him.
(E)There is no God in all his schemes.
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- Psalm 10:3 Or blesses the greedy man
- Psalm 10:4 Lit the height of his nose
Psalm 10:6
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6 He says to himself, “(A)I will not be moved;
[a]Throughout the generations (B)I will not be in adversity.”
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- Psalm 10:6 Lit To
Psalm 10:11
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11 He (A)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
Psalm 10:13
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13 Why has the wicked (A)treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “[a]You will not require an account.”
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- Psalm 10:13 I.e., as though God will ignore it
Psalm 14:1
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Foolishness and Wickedness of People.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
14 The fool has (A)said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed detestable acts;
There is (B)no one who does good.
Proverbs 15:14
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14 The (A)mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Proverbs 19:3
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Isaiah 55:9
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9 “For (A)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Daniel 5:23
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23 but you have (A)risen up against the (B)Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the (C)gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God (D)in whose hand are your life-breath and all your (E)ways, you have not glorified.
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Micah 4:12
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12 But they do not (A)know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His plan;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
1 Corinthians 1:18
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The Wisdom of God
18 For the word of the cross is (A)foolishness to (B)those who [a]are perishing, but to us who [b]are being saved it is (C)the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved
1 Corinthians 1:25
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25 For the (A)foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and (B)the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But [a]a (A)natural person (B)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (C)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or an unspiritual
1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is (B)the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”;
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Galatians 6:8
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8 (A)For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap (B)destruction from the flesh, but (C)the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
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James 4:4
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4 You (A)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (B)the world is (C)hostility toward God? (D)Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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