Bible Verses About Lack of Knowledge

“My 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.”

“Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.”

“For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.”

“The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.”

“They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.”

“Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”

“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.”

“By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.”

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?”

“But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

“For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.”

“Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.”

“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.”

“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

“However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.”

“Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.”

“But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!”

“When 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.”

“Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

“But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.”

“He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.”

“Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.”

“But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.”

“And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

“For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.”

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!”

“With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.”

“I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.”

“The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.”

“Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.”

“For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.”

“But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.”

“Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.”

“Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.”

“O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!”

“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

“For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts. But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.”

“One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.”

“Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.”

“The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.”

“Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.”

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.”