Psa 14:2-4, 53:2, 4, 94:8, Pro 1:7, 22, 29-30, Isa 27:11, Rom 1:22, 28 | ESV | STEP | The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man , to see if there are any who understand , who seek after God .

n[See ver. 22 above]

o[Job 21:14]

p[See ver. 25 above]

q[See ver. 25 above]

r Deut. 32:28; See ch. 30:16-18

s Jer. 10:14; 1 Cor. 1:20

t ver. 24, 26

u[Jer. 6:30]

v[Eph. 5:4]

Psalms 14:2-4

2 The Lord ^alooks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand, ^{▼▼Or that act wisely}
who ^cseek after God.
3 They have all turned aside; together they have become ^dcorrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
4 Have they no ^eknowledge, all the evildoers
who ^feat up my people as they eat bread
and ^gdo not call upon the Lord?

Psalms 53:2

2 God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand, ^{▼▼Or who act wisely}
who seek after God.

Psalms 53:4

4 Have those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?

Psalms 94:8

8 ⁱUnderstand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 1:7

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

Proverbs 1:22

22 “How long, O ^ksimple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^lscoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools ^mhate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:29-30

29 Because they ⁿhated knowledge
and ^odid not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 ^pwould have none of my counsel
and ^qdespised all my reproof,

Isaiah 27:11

11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
^rFor 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.

Romans 1:22

22 ^sClaiming to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:28

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^tGod gave them up to ^ua debased mind to do ^vwhat ought not to be done.