Psalm 14:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Cross References

Genesis 11:5

And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

Genesis 18:21

I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

Genesis 6:12

And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

2 Chronicles 19:3

But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.

2 Chronicles 30:19

Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.

Job 15:14

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

Psalm 107:43

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

Psalm 69:32

The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.

Psalm 82:5

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

Psalm 92:6

A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

Proverbs 8:5

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

Proverbs 9:16

Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

Proverbs 9:4

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

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.

Isaiah 55:6

Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

Isaiah 63:15

Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:

Isaiah 64:1

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,

Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?

Jeremiah 4:22

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.

Jeremiah 5:1

Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.

Lamentations 3:50

Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.

Daniel 12:10

Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Romans 3:11

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

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.