Isaiah 1:3

New Century Version

An ox knows its master, and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it, but the people of Israel do not know me; my people do not understand.”

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

You stupid ones among the people, pay attention. You fools, when will you understand?

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.

Proverbs 6:6

Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.

Isaiah 27:11

The limbs will become dry and break off, so women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand, so God will not comfort them; their Maker will not be kind to them.

Isaiah 42:20

Israel, you have seen much, but you have not obeyed. You hear, but you refuse to listen.”

Isaiah 44:18

Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their minds don’t understand.

Isaiah 5:12

At their parties they have lyres, harps, tambourines, flutes, and wine. They don’t see what the Lord has done or notice the work of his hands.

Isaiah 5:13

So my people will be captured and taken away, because they don’t really know me. All the great people will die of hunger, and the common people will die of thirst.

Isaiah 56:11

They are like hungry dogs that are never satisfied. They are like shepherds who don’t know what they are doing. They all have gone their own way; all they want to do is satisfy themselves.

Jeremiah 10:14

People are so stupid and know so little. Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols, because those statues are only false gods. They have no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:8

Those wise people are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden idols.

Jeremiah 35:16

The descendants of Jonadab son of Recab obeyed the commands their ancestor gave them, but the people of Judah have not obeyed me.’

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not 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.”

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have been like lost sheep. Their leaders have led them in the wrong way and made them wander around in the mountains and hills. They forgot where their resting place was.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the birds in the sky know the right times to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But my people don’t know what the Lord wants them to do.

Ezekiel 16:30

“ ‘Truly your will is weak, says the Lord God. You do all the things a stubborn prostitute does.

Daniel 9:11

All the people of Israel have disobeyed your teachings and have turned away, refusing to obey you. So you brought on us the curses and promises of punishment written in the Teachings of Moses, the servant of God, because we sinned against you.

Hosea 2:8

But she does not know that I was the one who gave her grain, new wine, and oil. I gave her much silver and gold, but she used it for Baal.

Matthew 13:19

What is the seed that fell by the road? That seed is like the person who hears the message about the kingdom but does not understand it. The Evil One comes and takes away what was planted in that person’s heart.

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 to do things they should not do.

2 Peter 3:5

But they do not want to remember what happened long ago. By the word of God heaven was made, and the earth was made from water and with water.