Hos 5:4, Joh 16:3, Rom 1:28, 1Cor 1:20-21 | ESV | STEP | Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God . For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the Lord .

Hosea 5:4

4 ^aTheir deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
For ^bthe spirit of whoredom is within them,
and they know not the Lord.

John 16:3

3 And they will do these things ^cbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

Romans 1:28

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^dGod gave them up to ^ea debased mind to do ^fwhat ought not to be done.

1 Corinthians 1:20-21

20 ^gWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ^hHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach ^{▼▼Or the folly of preaching} to save those who believe.