KJV King James Version
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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Romans 3:11
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
WEB World English Bible
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
ASV American Standard Version
There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
Surrounding context — Romans 3
8 And not [rather], (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9 What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:
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Psalm 14:2-4The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.Psalm 53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.Hosea 4:6My 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.Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Hosea 7:10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Isaiah 65:1I am sought of [them that] asked not [for me]; I am found of [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [that] was not called by my name.Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!Jeremiah 4:22For 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.Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Matthew 13:19When 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.1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.Proverbs 1:29-30For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:Romans 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,Isaiah 9:13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.Matthew 13:13-14Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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