Psalm 94:8
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8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(A)
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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Psalm 92:6
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6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
Romans 3:11
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11 there is no one who has understanding;
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)
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)
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
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 8:5
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5 O simple ones, learn prudence;
acquire intelligence, you who lack it.(A)
Psalm 73:22
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22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(A)
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)
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