God looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.
Romans 3:11 - New Revised Standard Version there is no one who has understanding, there is no one who seeks God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God. [Ps. 14:2.] American Standard Version (1901) There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God; Common English Bible “There is no one who understands. ” “There is no one who looks for God. ” Catholic Public Domain Version There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. |
God looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.
Have they no knowledge, those evildoers, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor.
Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!
I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that did not call on my name.
The people did not turn to him who struck them, or seek the Lord of hosts.
“For my people are foolish, they do not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good.”
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Israel's pride testifies against him; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, or seek him, for all this.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done.
All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, there is not even one.”
For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law—indeed it cannot,
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.