Romans 3:11
No one understands. No one searches for God.
Psalm 14:2-4
The LORD looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.
Psalm 53:2
God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.
Psalm 94:8
Pay attention, you dull ones among the crowds! You fools! Will you ever become wise?
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:22
"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"
Proverbs 1:29-30
"Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
Isaiah 9:13
"But the people have not returned to rely on him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy.
Isaiah 31:1
"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!
Isaiah 55:6
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
Isaiah 65:1
"I let myself be sought by those who didn't ask for me; I let myself be found by those who didn't seek me. I said, "Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that didn't call on my name.
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me. Because you rejected that knowledge, I will reject you as a priest for me. Since you forget the Law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Hosea 7:10
Israel's arrogance testifies against him; but they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him in all of this.
Matthew 13:13-14
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Romans 1:22
Though claiming to be wise, they became fools
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
Romans 8:7
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
1 John 5:20
We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.
Job 21:15-16
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Where's the profit in talking to him?'
Psalm 53:4
Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.