Psalm 14:2

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Summary

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

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The lord

The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."

Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!

until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.

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They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity -- every good way.

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."

Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.