Isaiah 1:3

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”

Isaiah 44:18

They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 5:12

They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

Psalm 94:8

Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

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 discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

2 Peter 3:5

For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Ezekiel 16:30

“How sick is your heart, declares the Lord God, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,

Daniel 9:11

All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.

Hosea 2:8

And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Isaiah 42:20

He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

Jeremiah 35:16

The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command that their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.