24 Bible Verses about Ignorance of God
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God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.
who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
as children of obedience, not conformed to your former lusts in your ignorance;
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing him, him I announce to you.
For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;
But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.
And Jesus answering said to them, Do not ye therefore err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through inadvertence against any of the commandments of Jehovah in things that ought not to be done, and do any of them;
being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
And if any one sin and do against any of all the commandments of Jehovah what should not be done, and hath not known it, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;
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Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.
And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
Righteous Father, and the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Sinful lusts
as children of obedience, not conformed to your former lusts in your ignorance;
Ignorance of God » Punishment of
in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Idolatry
And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination. God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
Ignorance of God » Is no excuse for sin
but he who knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom men have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through inadvertence against any of the commandments of Jehovah in things that ought not to be done, and do any of them;
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Persecuting saints
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber: and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Paul
who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Alienation from God
being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing him, him I announce to you.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Pharaoh
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.
Ignorance of God » Ignorance of Christ is
They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father.
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Ignorance of God
in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;