Deuteronomy 29:3-4
3 The
great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and
eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Deuteronomy 32:28-29
28 For they are a nation void of
counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter
end!
Judges 16:20
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he
awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he
wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Job 21:13-15
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down
to the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto
him?
Psalm 14:1-4
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did
understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no,
not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call
not upon the LORD.
Psalm 73:22
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before
thee.
Psalm 79:5-6
5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy
jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not
called upon thy name.
Psalm 82:5
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in
darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psalm 92:5-6
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very
deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalm 94:8
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when
will ye be wise?
Psalm 95:9-10
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my
work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in
their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Proverbs 1:7
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:22
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and
the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-32
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own
devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy
them.
Proverbs 4:19
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at
what they stumble.
Proverbs 10:21
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for
want of wisdom.
Proverbs 13:18
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth
instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 14:12
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the
end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 17:16
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get
wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 19:2-3
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not
good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Proverbs 28:5
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the
LORD understand all things.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to
seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness
and madness:
Isaiah 1:3
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s
crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah 5:13
13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they
have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with
thirst.
Isaiah 5:20
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 6:9-10
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but
understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see
with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be
healed.
Isaiah 26:10-11
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not
learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the
majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for
their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isaiah 28:13-15
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little;
that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in
Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement;
when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies
our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah 29:10-12
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of
deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he
covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men
deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is
sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he
saith, I am not learned.
Isaiah 40:21
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been
told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah 40:27-28
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My
way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the
ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his
understanding.
Isaiah 42:6-7
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will
hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the
Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness
out of the prison house.
Isaiah 42:16-20
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not;
I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and
crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say
to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is
perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
Isaiah 44:18-20
18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut
their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have
burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted
flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the
stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul,
nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Isaiah 48:8
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from
that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and
wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Isaiah 56:10
10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are
all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 60:2
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon
thee.
Jeremiah 2:8
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that
handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied
by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Jeremiah 4:22
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they
are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good
they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are
foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the
LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the
bonds.
Jeremiah 5:21
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without
understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah 8:7-9
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times;
and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know
not the judgment of the LORD.
8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it;
the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the
LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 9:3
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but
they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they
know not me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:6
6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit
they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 16:10
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this
people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this
great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against
the LORD our God?
Jeremiah 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked: who can know it?
Ezekiel 12:2
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious
house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a
rebellious house.
Daniel 12:10
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the
wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall
understand.
Hosea 4:1
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD
hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor
knowledge of God in the land.
Hosea 4:6
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou
hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou
hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea 4:14
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom,
nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they
sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Hosea 5:4
4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for
the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Hosea 7:11
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call
to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Amos 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which
say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
Micah 4:12
12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither
understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Matthew 13:13-16
13 Therefore speak I to them in
parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes
they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Matthew 13:19
19 When any one heareth the word of
the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was
sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Matthew 15:14
14 Let them alone: they be blind
leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 16:3
3 And in the morning, It will be foul
weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the
sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Matthew 22:29
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Matthew 23:16
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides,
which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the
gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Matthew 23:19
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Matthew 23:24-26
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at
a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of
the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of
them may be clean also.
Mark 4:11-12
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it
is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these
things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest
at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Mark 4:15
15 And these are they by the way side,
where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the
word that was sown in their hearts.
Mark 6:51-52
51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind
ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
Mark 7:18-20
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so
without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into
the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught,
purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the
man.
Mark 8:17-18
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye
your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Mark 12:24
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do
ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Luke 4:18
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 8:10-12
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to
know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not
see, and hearing they might not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of
their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Luke 11:52
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have
taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
Luke 12:47-48
47 And that servant, which knew his
lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten
with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed
much, of him they will ask the more.
Luke 19:41-44
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the
things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and
compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave
in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke 23:34
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
John 1:5
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not.
John 1:10
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the
world knew him not.
John 3:3-10
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into
his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence
it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest
not these things?
John 3:19-20
19 And this is the condemnation, that
light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds
should be reproved.
John 3:31
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the
earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John 4:10
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If
thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest
have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 4:21-22
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe
me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the
Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John 6:52
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can
this man give us his flesh to eat?
John 6:60
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this,
said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
John 8:19
19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered,
Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known
my Father also.
John 8:26-27
26 I have many things to say and to
judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard
of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
John 8:42-47
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were
your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself,
but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of
God.
John 8:52-59
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a
devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest
thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a
liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,
I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple,
going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 9:29-30
29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we
know not from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from
whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
John 9:39-41
39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am
come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made
blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind
also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye
say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
John 12:38-41
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been
revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes,
nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
John 14:16-17
16 And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John 15:21
21 But all these things will they do unto
you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
John 16:2-3
2 They shall put you out of the
synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God
service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor
me.
John 17:25
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not
known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Acts 3:17
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as
did also your rulers.
Acts 13:27
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because
they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have
fulfilled them in condemning him.
Acts 17:22-23
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and
said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE
UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Acts 26:18
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them
from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of
sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Romans 1:19-25
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in
them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but
became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and
to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to
dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Romans 1:28-32
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness;
full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to
parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable,
unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not
only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Romans 2:3-5
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do
such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Romans 11:7-8
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh
for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not
see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Romans 11:25
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of
this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to
Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
1 Corinthians 1:18-21
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made
foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the
foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even
the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1 Corinthians 3:18-21
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you
seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in
their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1 Corinthians 15:34
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have
not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
2 Corinthians 3:13-15
13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face,
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the
reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2 Corinthians 4:1-4
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have
received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the
word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every
man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of
the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of
strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of
God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2 Corinthians 11:2-3
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for
I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds
should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Galatians 4:8
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto
them which by nature are no gods.
Ephesians 4:14
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and
fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Ephesians 4:17-19
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance
that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness
with greediness.
Colossians 1:12-13
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his
dear Son:
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5
4 That every one of you should know how to possess
his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
1 Thessalonians 5:4-7
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that
day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness
in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
2 Timothy 3:5-7
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins,
led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived.
Titus 1:15-16
15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are
defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient,
and unto every good work reprobate.
Hebrews 3:13
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day;
lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 5:11-12
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be
uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be
the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of
strong meat.
James 3:13-16
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?
let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the
truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1 Peter 2:9
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light:
2 Peter 1:8-9
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you
that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he
was purged from his old sins.
2 Peter 3:15-16
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is
salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath
written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to
be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other
scriptures, unto their own destruction.
1 John 1:6-8
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 2:4
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments,
is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:9-11
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother,
is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in
him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither
he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
1 John 3:1
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him
not.
1 John 3:6
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath
not seen him, neither known him.
1 John 4:8
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
3 John 1:11
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is
good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Jude 1:10
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but
what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Revelation 3:17
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich,
and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: