Deuteronomy 32:28
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28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is (A)no understanding in them.
Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
(A)For this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.
Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Job 28:28
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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Deuteronomy 32:6
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6 Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he (A)your father, who (B)created you,
who (C)made you and established you?
Psalm 81:12
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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Romans 11:25
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The Mystery of Israel's Salvation
25 (A)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:[a] (B)a partial hardening has come upon Israel, (C)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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- Romans 11:25 Or brothers and sisters
Matthew 13:14-15
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14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
(A)“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears (B)they can barely hear,
and (C)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and (D)understand with their heart
and (E)turn, and I would heal them.’
Jeremiah 8:9
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9 (A)The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed (B)and taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
Isaiah 29:14
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14 therefore, behold, (A)I will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and (B)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
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