"Surelysuchare the dwellingsof the wicked,And thisis the placeof him who does not knowGod."
"As for you, my sonSolomon,knowthe Godof your father,and serveHim with a wholeheartand a willingmind;for the LORDsearchesallhearts,and understandseveryintentof the thoughts.Ifyou seekHim, He will let you findHim; but ifyou forsakeHim, He will rejectyou forever.
Then Jobresponded,
"Thisis the wickedman'sportionfrom God,Even the heritagedecreedto him by God."
"They sayto God,Departfrom us! We do not even desirethe knowledgeof Your ways.
"For you say,'Whereis the houseof the nobleman,And whereis the tent,the dwellingplacesof the wicked?'
Is not their tent-cordpluckedup within them? They die,yet withoutwisdom.'
Pourout Your wrathupon the nationswhichdo not knowYou, And upon the kingdomswhichdo not callupon Your name.
But Pharaohsaid,"Whois the LORDthat I should obeyHis voiceto letIsraelgo?I do not knowthe LORD,and besides,I will not letIsraelgo."
Pourout Your wrathon the nationsthat do not knowYou And on the familiesthat do not callYour name;For they have devouredJacob;They have devouredhim and consumedhim And have laidwastehis habitation.
"They bendtheir tongue[like] their bow;Liesand not truthprevailin the land;For they proceedfrom evilto evil,And they do not knowMe," declaresthe LORD.
And justas they did not see fitto acknowledgeGodany longer, Godgave them overto a depravedmind,to dothosethings which are not proper,
not in lustfulpassion,likethe Gentileswho do not knowGod;
dealingout retributionto thosewho do not knowGodand to thosewho do not obeythe gospelof our LordJesus.
They professto knowGod,but by [their] deedsthey deny[Him], beingdetestableand disobedientand worthlessfor anygooddeed.
Allthat generationalsowere gatheredto their fathers;and there aroseanothergenerationafterthem whodid not knowthe LORD,noryetthe workwhichHe had donefor Israel.
Now the sonsof Eliwere worthlessmen;they did not knowthe LORD
