40 Bible Verses about ignorance

For even when, on account of the time, ye ought to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first elements of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food;

But all these things will they do to you for My name's sake; because they know not Him Who sent Me.

for, passing through, and considering your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which had been inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What, therefore, in ignorance ye worship, this I declare to you.

And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor Me.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their hearts;

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance;

John answered them, saying, "I immerse in water: in your midst standeth One Whom ye know not??27 the One coming after me, the latchet of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose."

Jesus saith to him, "So long a time am I with you, and you do not know Me, Philip! He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how say you, 'Show us the Father?'

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world knew Him not.

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the Gift of God, and Who it is, That saith to you 'Give Me to drink,' you would have asked of Him, and He would have given you living water."

They said, therefore, to Him, "Where is Thy Father?" Jesus answered, "Ye know neither Me, nor My Father. If ye knew Me, ye would know My Father also."

But, until this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart.

For those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing Him, nor the voices of the prophets which are being read every sabbath, fulfilled them, in having condemned Him;

And He, answering, said, "Did you not read that He Who made them from the beginning made them 'male and female,'

But He said to them, "Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those with him?

But Jesus, answering, said to them, "Ye deceive yourselves, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God;

for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.'

And, as they did not approve the holding of God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;

For this escapes them willingly, that there were heavens of old, and an earth set together out of water, and through water, by the word of God:

but he who knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to whomsoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whomsoever they committed much, of him they will ask the more.

though formerly I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I obtained mercy, because I, being ignorant, did it in unbelief;

"And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers;

And they said to Him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and the immersion with which I am immersed shall ye be immersed;

Peter says to Him, "Why can I not follow Thee even now? I will lay down my soul for Thee."

For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good; for to wish is present with me: but to do that which is good a not.

Jesus said to them, "If ye were blind, ye would have no sin; but now ye say, 'We see,' your sin abides."

Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing'; and do not know that you are the wretched one, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked!

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their hearts;

The Spirit breatheth where He willeth; and you hear His voice, but know not whence He cometh, or whither He goeth: so is every one who has been born of the Spirit."

The Spirit breatheth where He willeth; and you hear His voice, but know not whence He cometh, or whither He goeth: so is every one who has been born of the Spirit."

For even when, on account of the time, ye ought to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first elements of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food;

And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do!" And, dividing His garments among them, they cast lots.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their hearts;

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance;