Romans 3:11

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Summary

Romans 3:11

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

None that understandeth

Seeketh

Hosea 7:10

Bible References

None that understandeth

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

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

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

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.

{When its branches are dry}, they are broken; women [are] coming [and] setting light to it. For it [is] not a people of understanding; therefore his maker will not have compassion on him, and his creator will not show him favor.

"For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me. They [are] foolish children, and they do not have insight. They [are] skillful at doing evil, and they do not know [how] to do good."

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from acting as a priest for me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

Seeketh

because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],

Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

And the people did not turn to the one who struck it, and they did not seek Yahweh of hosts.

Ah! Those who go down [to] Egypt for help! They rely on horses and trust in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very numerous, and they do not look to the holy one of Israel, and they do not consult Yahweh.

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

"I let myself be sought by [those who] did not ask; I let myself be found by [those who] did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am; here I am!' to a nation [that] did not call on my name;

The pride of Israel {testifies against him}-- they do not return to Yahweh their God; they do not seek him for all of this.