Psalm 82:5
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5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding;
they walk around in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.(A)
Psalm 11:3
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3 If the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”(A)
Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.(A)
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Micah 3:1
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Wicked Rulers and Prophets
3 And I said:
Listen, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
Should you not know justice?—(A)
Proverbs 2:13
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13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,(A)
1 John 2:11
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11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.(A)
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John 12:35
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35 Jesus said to them, “The light is in you[a] for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.
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Proverbs 1:29
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29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Psalm 14:4
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4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon the Lord?(A)
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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John 3:19
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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A)
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Isaiah 59:9
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9 Therefore justice is far from us,
and deliverance does not reach us;
we wait for light, but there is only darkness;
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.(A)
Isaiah 5:7
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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are his cherished garden;
he expected justice
but saw bloodshed;
righteousness
but heard a cry!(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:16
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Judgment and the Future Belong to God
16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that, in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14
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14 The wise have eyes in their head,
but fools walk in darkness.
Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.(A)
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Proverbs 4:19
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19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.(A)
Psalm 75:3
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3 When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants,
it is I who keep its pillars steady. Selah
Psalm 53:4
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4 Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon God?(A)
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