Hosea 4:6
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6 (A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
(B)Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
Isaiah 5:13
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13 (A)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (B)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
Proverbs 19:2
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2 Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge,
And he sins who hastens with his feet.
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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3 But even if our gospel is veiled, (A)it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds (B)the god of this age (C)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (D)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (E)who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 (F)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (G)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God (H)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (I)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Hosea 4:1
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God’s Charge Against Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord,
You children of Israel,
For the Lord brings a (A)charge[a] against the inhabitants of the land:
“There is no truth or mercy
Or (B)knowledge of God in the land.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:1 A legal complaint
Isaiah 17:10
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10 Because you have forgotten (A)the God of your salvation,
And have not been mindful of the Rock of your [a]stronghold,
Therefore you will plant pleasant plants
And set out foreign seedlings;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:10 refuge
Proverbs 1:30-32
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30 (A)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore (B)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the [a]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:32 waywardness
Matthew 15:8
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8 ‘These(A) people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
Hosea 8:14
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14 “For(A) Israel has forgotten (B)his Maker,
And has built [a]temples;
Judah also has multiplied (C)fortified cities;
But (D)I will send fire upon his cities,
And it shall devour his [b]palaces.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:14 Or palaces
- Hosea 8:14 Or citadels
Jeremiah 2:8
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8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the (A)law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
(B)The prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.
1 Samuel 3:12-15
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12 In that day I will perform against Eli (A)all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 (B)For I have told him that I will (C)judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because (D)his sons made themselves vile, and he (E)did not [a]restrain them. 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house (F)shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
15 So Samuel lay down until [b]morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.
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- 1 Samuel 3:13 Lit. rebuke
- 1 Samuel 3:15 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX adds and he arose in the morning
Malachi 2:1-3
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Corrupt Priests
2 “And now, O (A)priests, this commandment is for you.
2 (B)If you will not hear,
And if you will not take it to heart,
To give glory to My name,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“I will send a curse upon you,
And I will curse your blessings.
Yes, I have cursed them (C)already,
Because you do not take it to heart.
3 “Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread (D)refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will (E)take you away [a]with it.
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:3 Lit. to it
Hosea 13:6
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6 (A)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.
Jeremiah 8:7-9
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7 “Even (A)the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But (B)My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(C)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 (D)The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So (E)what wisdom do they have?
Malachi 2:7-9
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7 “For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (C)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(D)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (E)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (F)partiality in the law.”
2 Chronicles 15:3
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3 (A)For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a (B)teaching priest, and without (C)law;
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Isaiah 1:3
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3 (A)The ox knows its owner
And the donkey its master’s [a]crib;
But Israel (B)does not know,
My people do not [b]consider.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:3 manger or feed trough
- Isaiah 1:3 understand
Job 36:12
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12 But if they do not obey,
They shall perish by the sword,
And they shall die [a]without (A)knowledge.
Footnotes
- Job 36:12 MT as one without knowledge
Luke 20:16-18
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16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to (A)others.”
And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
(B)‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Whoever falls on that stone will be (C)broken; but (D)on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
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Hosea 8:12
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12 I have written for him (A)the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.
Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are [a]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:22 foolish
Psalm 119:139
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Footnotes
- Psalm 119:139 put an end to
1 Samuel 2:12
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The Wicked Sons of Eli
12 Now the sons of Eli were (A)corrupt;[a] (B)they did not know the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit. sons of Belial
Jeremiah 5:3-4
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3 O Lord, are not (A)Your eyes on the truth?
You have (B)stricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But (C)they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For (D)they do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.
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