Psalm 14:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.

Flere versioner

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, And seek God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God, inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him [of vital necessity].

American Standard Version (1901)

² Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

Common English Bible

² The LORD looks down from heaven on humans to see if anyone is wise, to see if anyone seeks God,

Catholic Public Domain Version

² He who walks without blemish and who works justice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:

Psalm 14:2 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 11:5

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.

Genesis 18:21

I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me, and if not, I will know.”

Genesis 6:12

And God saw that the earth was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”

2 Chronicles 30:19

who set their hearts to seek God, the Lord the God of their ancestors, even though not in accordance with the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.”

Job 15:14

What are mortals, that they can be clean? Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?

Psalm 107:43

Let those who are wise pay attention to these things and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; his gaze examines humankind.

Psalm 69:32

Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

Psalm 82:5

They have neither knowledge nor understanding; they walk around in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path,

Proverbs 8:5

O simple ones, learn prudence; acquire intelligence, you who lack it.

Proverbs 9:16

“You who are simple, turn in here!” And to those without sense she says,

Proverbs 9:4

“You who are simple, turn in here!” To those without sense she says,

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and glorious habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.

Isaiah 64:1

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—

Isaiah 8:19

Now if people say to you, “Consult the ghosts and the familiar spirits that chirp and mutter; should not a people consult their gods, the dead on behalf of the living,

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they do not know me; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil but do not know how to do good.”

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

Lamentations 3:50

until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Matthew 13:15

For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they might not look with their eyes, and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn— and I would heal them.’

Romans 3:11

there is no one who has understanding; there is no one who seeks God.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.