14 Bible Verses about Lack Of Discernment

Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings.

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, immediately ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye perceive the south wind blowing, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, and of the earth; but how is it, that ye do not discern this time?

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

For the heart of this people is become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he will gather them as sheaves into the floor.