Jeremiah 4:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

Cross References

Genesis 39:16

And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.

2 Samuel 13:3

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.

Psalm 36:3

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

Psalm 36:4

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Psalm 53:4

Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

Psalm 82:5

They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

Isaiah 1:3

Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

Jeremiah 13:23

Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

Jeremiah 5:21

Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

Jeremiah 9:3

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

Ezekiel 16:30

How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;

Hosea 4:1

Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:6

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

Hosea 5:4

Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.

Amos 3:10

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

Micah 2:1

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Luke 16:8

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

John 16:3

They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

Romans 1:22

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

Romans 1:28

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

Romans 16:19

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.

Romans 3:11

Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

1 Corinthians 14:20

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

Deuteronomy 32:28

For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.