Jeremiah 5:4

Modern English Version

Therefore I said, “Surely these are the poor. They are foolish; for they know not the way of the Lord or the judgment of their God.

Cross References

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they are broken off; the women come and make a fire with them, for they are not a people of understanding; therefore, their maker will not have mercy on them, and their Creator will show them no grace.

Isaiah 29:12

Then the book shall be delivered to him who is not learned, saying, “Read this, please.” And he shall say, “I cannot read.”

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether unthinking and foolish; the wooden idol is worthless instruction.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.

Jeremiah 8:7

Indeed, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. And the turtledove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongues like their bow; lies and not truth prevail upon the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from being My priest. And because you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.