God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
Romans 3:11 - English Standard Version 2016 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 更多版本King 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 the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
Have those who work evil no knowledge, 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 discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and 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 by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.
“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”
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.
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor 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 has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for 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, hated by others and 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.