Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Understand not
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Dullness » General examples of
without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:
They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
Verse Concepts
Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
Verse Concepts
Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Threshing » Illustrative » (gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the church for judgments
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.