Romans 3:11

No one truly understands God or genuinely seeks him on their own. This shows that even our minds and desires are darkened by sin.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 14:2–4The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Ps 53:2God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• Hos 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
• Rom 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Hos 7:10Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
• Isa 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
• Jer 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Isa 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
• Isa 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• Matt 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
• 1 Jn 5:20And 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.
• Prov 1:29–30For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
• Prov 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Isa 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
• Rom 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
• Prov 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Matt 13:13–14This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
• Rom 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• Ps 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
• Isa 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• Job 21:15–16Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• Ps 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

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