Romans 3:11
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11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
Psalm 53:2
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2 God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,[a]
who seek after God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely
Psalm 14:2-4
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2 The Lord (A)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,[a]
who (B)seek after God.
3 They have all turned aside; together they have become (C)corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
4 Have they no (D)knowledge, all the evildoers
who (E)eat up my people as they eat bread
and (F)do not call upon the Lord?
Footnotes
- Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
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Isaiah 65:1
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Judgment and Salvation
65 (A)I was ready to be sought by (B)those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by[a] my name.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:1 Or that did not call upon
1 John 5:20
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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (A)has given us understanding, so that we may know (B)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (C)eternal life.
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Romans 8:7
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7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is (A)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; (B)indeed, it cannot.
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Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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Romans 1:22
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22 (A)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Matthew 13:19
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19 When anyone hears the word of (A)the kingdom and (B)does not understand it, (C)the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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Matthew 13:13-14
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13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because (A)seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, (B)nor do they understand. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
(C)“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
Hosea 7:10
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10 (A)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
(B)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
Isaiah 55:6
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
Isaiah 31:1
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Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt
31 Woe[a] to (A)those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who (B)trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (C)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
(A)For this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.
Isaiah 9:13
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13 The people (A)did not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
Proverbs 1:29-30
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29 Because they (A)hated knowledge
and (B)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (C)would have none of my counsel
and (D)despised all my reproof,
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O (A)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will (B)scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools (C)hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Psalm 94:8
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8 (A)Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
Psalm 53:4
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4 Have those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?
Job 21:15-16
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15 (A)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what (B)profit do we get if we pray to him?’
16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
(C)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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