Jeremiah 4:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

Romans 16:19

The report of your obedience has reached everyone.  Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, you foolish and senseless   people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you  from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

Hosea 5:4

Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the  Lord.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they haven’t known   the Father or me.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans  on their beds! At morning light  they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Deuteronomy 32:28

Israel is a nation lacking sense with no understanding at all.

Romans 1:28

And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do what is good, you who are instructed in evil.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker  will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.’

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the  Lord, the justice of their God.

Luke 16:8

‘The master praised the unrighteous manager   because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age   are more shrewd than the children of light   in dealing with their own people.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the  Lord,  people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth,  no faithful love, and no knowledge of God  in the land!

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the  Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator?  , Didn’t he make you and sustain you?

2 Samuel 13:3

Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah.  Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests stopped asking, ‘Where is the  Lord? ’ The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers  rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by   Baal and followed useless idols.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 16:30

‘ “How your heart was inflamed with lust   #– #the declaration of the Lord God  #– #when you did all these things, the acts of a brazen prostitute,

Amos 3:10

The people are incapable of doing right   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.

Genesis 39:16

She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home.

Proverbs 28:5

The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the  Lord understand everything.

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had a traveller’s lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are good  at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.