Psalm 14:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 Cross References

Genesis 11:5

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 18:21

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Genesis 6:12

And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thine heart to seek God.

2 Chronicles 30:19

that setteth his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Psalm 107:43

Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, And they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.

Psalm 11:4

The LORD is in his holy temple, The LORD, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Psalm 69:32

The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

Psalm 82:5

They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are moved.

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Proverbs 2:9

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgement, And equity, yea, every good path.

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand subtilty; And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 9:16

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:4

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy bowels and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

Isaiah 64:1

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence;

Isaiah 8:19

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

Lamentations 3:50

Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves; and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand: but they that be wise shall understand.

Matthew 13:15

For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

Romans 3:11

There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.