Jeremiah 4:22

New Century Version

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.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not think like children. In evil things be like babies, but in your thinking you should be like adults.

Romans 16:19

All the believers have heard that you obey, so I am very happy because of you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

Jeremiah 5:21

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

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands. There is no one who looks to God for help.

Hosea 4:6

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

Romans 1:22

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

Hosea 5:4

“They will not give up their deeds and return to their God. They are determined to be unfaithful to me; they do not 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

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.

Deuteronomy 32:28

Israel has no sense; they do not 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 to do things they should not do.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can a person from Cush change the color of his skin? Can a leopard change his spots? In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good, because you are accustomed to doing evil.

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.

Jeremiah 10:8

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

Isaiah 1:3

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.”

Jeremiah 5:4

But I thought, “These are only the poor, foolish people. They have not learned the way of the Lord and what their God wants them to do.

Luke 16:8

So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being clever. Yes, worldly people are more clever with their own kind than spiritual people are.

Hosea 4:1

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. The Lord has this against you who live in the land: “The people are not true, not loyal to God, nor do those who live in the land even know him.

Deuteronomy 32:6

This is not the way to repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people. He is your Father and Maker, who made you and formed you.

2 Samuel 13:3

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

Psalm 36:3

Their words are wicked lies; they are no longer wise or good.

Psalm 53:4

Don’t the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask God for help.

Psalm 82:5

“You know nothing. You don’t understand. You walk in the dark, while the world is falling apart.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the teachings didn’t know me. The leaders turned against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I look at the war flag? How long must I listen to the war trumpet?

Jeremiah 9:3

“They use their tongues like a bow, shooting lies from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in the land. They go from one evil thing to another. They do not know who I am,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:30

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

Amos 3:10

“The people don’t know how to do what is right,” says the Lord. “Their strong buildings are filled with treasures they took by force from others.”

Genesis 39:16

She kept his coat until her husband came home,

Psalm 36:4

At night they make evil plans; what they do leads to nothing good. They don’t refuse things that are evil.

Proverbs 28:5

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

Jeremiah 9:2

I wish 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 are all turning against him.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to his friend, and no one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They have become tired from sinning.

Micah 7:3

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.