Job 21:14-15, Pro 1:7, 22, 29, 5:12-13, 17:16, Jer 4:22, 9:6, Rom 1:18, 21 | ESV | STEP | They say to God , Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways .

h[See ver. 22 above]

i[Job 21:14]

j ch. 1:22, 29; See ch. 12:1

k ch. 1:25; See Ps. 107:11

l[ch. 23:23]

m Ps. 82:5; Isa. 1:3

n Ps. 36:3; Isa. 1:16, 17; Rom. 16:19

o ch. 8:5

p Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:6; [ch. 5:9]

q[ch. 2:5]

r 2 Kgs. 17:15; Jer. 2:5; Eph. 4:17, 18

Job 21:14-15

14 They say to God, ^a‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 ^bWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what ^cprofit do we get if we pray to him?’

Proverbs 1:7

7 ^dThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:22

22 “How long, O ^esimple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^fscoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools ^ghate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:29

29 Because they ^hhated knowledge
and ⁱdid not choose the fear of the Lord,

Proverbs 5:12-13

12 and you say, ^j“How I hated discipline,
and my heart ^kdespised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.

Proverbs 17:16

16 Why should a fool have money in his hand ^lto buy wisdom
when he has no sense?

Jeremiah 4:22

22 “For ^mmy people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
ⁿThey are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”

Jeremiah 9:6

6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
^othey refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

Romans 1:18

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For ^pthe wrath of God ^qis revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Romans 1:21

21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^rbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.