Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For [it is] not from wisdom [that] you ask this.

Genesis 6:11-12

And the earth [was] corrupted before God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.

Judges 6:13

Gideon said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. [If] Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has forsaken us; he has given us into the palm of Midian."

Psalm 14:2-3

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says Yahweh: "Where [is] this divorce document of your mother's divorce, [with] which I dismissed her? or to whom of my creditors did I sell you? Look! you were sold because of your sin, and your mother was dismissed because of your transgressions.

Jeremiah 44:17-19

But certainly we will do {everything} that went out from our mouths, to make smoke offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out to her libations just as we did, we, and our ancestors, our kings, and our officials, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, [for] then {we had enough to eat}, and we were well-off, and we did not see disaster.

Romans 1:22-32

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 3:9-19

What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Bible References

What

Judges 6:13
Gideon said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. [If] Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has forsaken us; he has given us into the palm of Midian."
Jeremiah 44:17
But certainly we will do {everything} that went out from our mouths, to make smoke offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out to her libations just as we did, we, and our ancestors, our kings, and our officials, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, [for] then {we had enough to eat}, and we were well-off, and we did not see disaster.

Wisely

Genesis 6:11
And the earth [was] corrupted before God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.
Psalm 14:2
Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says Yahweh: "Where [is] this divorce document of your mother's divorce, [with] which I dismissed her? or to whom of my creditors did I sell you? Look! you were sold because of your sin, and your mother was dismissed because of your transgressions.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 3:9
What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,