Psalm 14:2

English Standard Version 2016

The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

Cross References

Romans 3:11

no one understands; no one seeks for God.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Genesis 6:12

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Matthew 13:15

For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says,

Psalm 82:5

They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.

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 55:6

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

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.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

Proverbs 8:5

O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;

Psalm 92:6

The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:

Lamentations 3:50

until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees;

Proverbs 9:4

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says,

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

Genesis 18:21

I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”

Genesis 11:5

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

Isaiah 64:1

Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—

Psalm 69:32

When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

2 Chronicles 30:19

who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.”

Job 15:14

What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.