14 Bible Verses about Lack Of Discernment

Moreover, your children, which ye said should be a prey; and your sons, which know neither good nor bad this day; they shall go in thither and unto them I will give it, and they shall enjoy it.

He shall eat butter and honey, that he may have understanding to refuse the evil and to choose the good. For before the child come to knowledge, to eschew the evil and chose the good, the land that thou so abhorest shall be desolate of both her kings.

And should not I have compassion on Nineveh that great city, wherein there is a multitude of people, even above a hundred thousand that know not their righthand from the left, besides much cattle?"

"'For it is a nation that hath an unhappy forecast, and hath no understanding in them.

Then said he to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west straightway ye say, 'We shall have a shower,' and so it is. And when ye se the south wind blow, ye say, 'We shall have heat,' and it cometh to pass. Hypocrites, ye can skill of the fashion of the earth, and of the sky: but what is the cause, that ye cannot skill of this time?

The ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his master's crib; but Israel knoweth nothing. My people hath no understanding.

"Thou son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a froward household: which have eyes to see, and yet see not; ears have they to hear, and yet hear they not. For they are an obstinate household.

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears were thick of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.'

And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive. Harden the heart of this people, stop their ears, and shut their eyes, that they see not with their eyes, hear not with their ears, and understand not with their heart, and convert and be healed."

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman, he is a fool: and destroyeth his own soul.

and beheld the simple people: and among other young folks I spied one young fool

He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, is a very fool.

They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD; they understand not his counsel, that shall gather them together as the sheaves in the barn.