Psalm 94:8
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8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(A)
Psalm 94:8
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8 Take notice, you senseless ones(A) among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
Titus 3:3
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A)
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Titus 3:3
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3 At one time(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Psalm 92:6
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6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
Psalm 92:6
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6 Senseless people(A) do not know,
fools do not understand,
Romans 3:11
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11 there is no one who has understanding;
there is no one who seeks God.
Romans 3:11
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11 there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
Psalm 49:10
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10 When we look at the wise, they die;
fool and dolt perish together
and leave their wealth to others.(A)
Psalm 49:10
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Deuteronomy 32:29
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29 If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern what their end would be.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:29
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Jeremiah 10:8
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Jeremiah 10:8
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Jeremiah 8:6-8
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6 I have given heed and listened,
but they do not speak honestly;
no one repents of wickedness,
saying, “What have I done!”
All of them turn to their own course
like a horse plunging headlong into battle.(A)
7 Even the stork in the heavens
knows its times,
and the turtledove, swallow, and crane[a]
observe the time of their coming,
but my people do not know
the ordinance of the Lord.(B)
8 How can you say, “We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us,”
when, in fact, the false pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie?(C)
Footnotes
- 8.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 8:6-8
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6 I have listened(A) attentively,
but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(B) of their wickedness,
saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(C)
like a horse charging into battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(D)
the requirements of the Lord.
8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise,
for we have the law(E) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
For this is a people without understanding;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.(A)
Proverbs 12:1
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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.(A)
Proverbs 12:1
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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.(A)
Proverbs 8:5
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5 O simple ones, learn prudence;
acquire intelligence, you who lack it.(A)
Proverbs 8:5
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds
Psalm 73:22
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22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(A)
Psalm 73:22
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Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
Proverbs 1:22
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