Psalms 53:2

World English Bible (2000)

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

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  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
  • Jer 16:17 : 17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
  • Ps 102:19 : 19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

    2Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

    3They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

  • Rom 3:10-12
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    82%

    10As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

    11There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

    12They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."

  • Ps 53:3
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    3Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

  • Ps 33:13-14
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    13Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

    14From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

  • Ps 102:19
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    19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

  • Ps 139:23
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    23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

  • Ps 113:6
    72%

    6Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

  • Lam 3:50
    72%

    50Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.

  • Ps 115:2
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    2Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"

  • Acts 17:27
    71%

    27that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

  • Prov 28:5
    71%

    5Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

  • Jer 4:22-23
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    22"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

    23I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • Ps 73:11
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    11They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

  • Ps 66:5
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    5Come, and see God's deeds-- awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

  • Job 28:23-24
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    23"God understands its way, and he knows its place.

    24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.

  • Ps 94:7-8
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    7They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

    8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Ps 144:3
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    3Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

    20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

  • Job 36:25
    70%

    25All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

  • Mic 7:2
    70%

    2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

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    29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."

  • Job 10:6
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    6that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

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    4Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.

  • Lam 3:40
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

  • Ps 44:21
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    21won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

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    7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

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    27He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn't profit me.

  • Ps 69:32
    69%

    32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

  • Isa 59:15
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    15Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

  • Isa 41:28
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    28When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

  • Jer 5:1
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    1"Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.

  • Ps 130:3
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    3If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

  • Job 28:12
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    12"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 7:7
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    7I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

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    4Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

  • Job 11:7
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    7"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

  • Job 34:21
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    21"For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

  • Ps 24:6
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    6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face--even Jacob. Selah.