Jeremiah 4:22

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord said, “My people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are stupid children. They don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t think like children. In evil things be like babies, but in your thinking you should be like full-grown adults.

Romans 16:19

Everyone has heard that you do what you were taught, and I am very happy about that. But I want you to be wise about what is good and to know nothing about what is evil.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. You have eyes, but you don’t see! You have ears, but you don’t listen!

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands. There is no one who is trying to be with God.

Hosea 4:6

“My people are destroyed because they have no knowledge. You priests have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be priests for me. You have forgotten the law of your God, so I will forget your children.

Romans 1:22

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

Hosea 5:4

The people of Israel have done many evil things, and these evil things keep them from coming back to their God. They are always thinking of ways to chase after other gods. They don’t know the Lord.

John 16:3

They will do this because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

Micah 2:1

Trouble will come to those who make plans to sin. They lie on their beds making their evil plans. Then when the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do what they want.

Deuteronomy 32:28

“They are foolish. They don’t understand.

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking. And so they do what they should not do.

Jeremiah 13:23

A black man cannot change the color of his skin, and a leopard cannot change its spots. In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good. You always do bad things.

Isaiah 27:11

The vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or be kind to them.

Jeremiah 10:8

All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.

Isaiah 1:3

A bull knows its master, and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand.”

Jeremiah 5:4

But I said to myself, “It must be only the poor who are so foolish. They have not learned the way of the Lord. They don’t know the teachings of their God.

Luke 16:8

“Later, the master told the dishonest manager that he had done a smart thing. Yes, worldly people are smarter in their business with each other than spiritual people are.

Hosea 4:1

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. The Lord has something to say against those who live in this land: “The people in this land are not honest or loyal. They don’t really know God.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this the way you repay the Lord for all he has done for you? You are stupid, foolish people. He is your Father and your Creator. He made you, and he supports you.

2 Samuel 13:3

Amnon had a friend named Jonadab son of Shimeah. (Shimeah was David’s brother.) Jonadab was a very clever man.

Psalm 36:3

Their words are wicked lies. They have stopped doing anything wise or good.

Psalm 53:4

Those who are evil treat my people like bread to be eaten. And they never ask for God’s help. Don’t they understand what they are doing?

Psalm 82:5

“They don’t know what is happening. They don’t understand! They don’t know what they are doing. Their world is falling down around them!”

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the law did not want to know me. The leaders of the people of Israel turned against me. The prophets spoke in the name of the false god Baal. They worshiped worthless idols.”

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the war flags? How long must I hear the war trumpets?

Jeremiah 9:3

“They use their tongues like a bow; lies fly from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land. They go from one sin to another. They don’t know me.” This is what the Lord said.

Ezekiel 16:30

You are so weak. You let all those men cause you to sin. You acted just like a prostitute who wants to be the one in control.” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Genesis 39:16

Then she kept his coat until her husband, Joseph’s master, came home.

Psalm 36:4

They make wicked plans in bed at night. They choose a way of life that does no good. And they never say no to anything evil.

Proverbs 28:5

The wicked don’t understand justice, but those who love the Lord understand it completely.

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had a place in the desert— a house where travelers spend the night— so I could leave my people. I could go away from them, because they are all unfaithful to God. They have all turned against him.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to their neighbor. No one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They sinned until they were too tired to come back.

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. “Important leaders” do whatever they want to do.