Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Bible References

So

Psalm 69:5

O God, You know my folly;
My wrongs are not hidden from You.
Psalm 92:6

A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:
Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more brutish and stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”

As a

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Isaiah 1:3

“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,
And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],
My people do not understand.”