Jeremiah 4:22
New King James Version
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.”
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- Jeremiah 4:22 foolish
1 Corinthians 14:20
New King James Version
Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers
20 Brethren, (A)do not be children in understanding; however, in malice (B)be babes, but in understanding be mature.
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Romans 16:19
New King James Version
19 For (A)your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be (B)wise in what is good, and [a]simple concerning evil.
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- Romans 16:19 innocent
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.
Jeremiah 5:21
New King James Version
21 ‘Hear this now, O (A)foolish people,
Without [a]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
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- Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart
Romans 3:11
New King James Version
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
Romans 1:22
New King James Version
22 (A)Professing to be wise, they became fools,
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Hosea 5:4
New King James Version
4 “They[a] do not direct their deeds
Toward turning to their God,
For (A)the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
And they do not know the Lord.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:4 Or Their deeds will not allow them to turn
Micah 2:1
New King James Version
Woe to Evildoers
2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
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- Micah 2:1 Plan
John 16:3
New King James Version
3 And (A)these things they will do [a]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
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- John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
Deuteronomy 32:28
New King James Version
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
Nor is there any understanding in them.
Romans 1:28
New King James Version
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (A)which are not fitting;
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Jeremiah 13:23
New King James Version
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?
Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.
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