Deuteronomy 32:28 KJV
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Matthew Henry
- Deserved vengeance withheldThe idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel, and continues...
Thompson Chains
- Dullness (3)Starts here · next Psalms 106:7 · 6 links
- No UnderstandingSee the chain from Psalms 32:9 · 8 links
Cross References
- Jeremiah 4:22 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
- Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Psalms 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
- Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Isaiah 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
- Jeremiah 8:9 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?
- Hosea 4:6 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.
- Matthew 13:14–15 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: …
- Romans 11:25 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 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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Topics
- Backsliders General scriptures concerning
- Blindness Spiritual
- Death Death of Moses
- Instruction In religion
- Judgments Denounced against disobedience
- Moab The law rehearsed in, by Moses
- Poetry Moses’ song
- Psalms Didactic songs composed by Moses, celebrating the providence, righteousness, and judgments of God
- Religion Moses
- Song Didactic
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For they are a nation כִּי kî Conjunction גוֹי gôy גּוֹי Noun · masculine singular
- void אֹבַד ʾōbad אָבַד Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular construct
- of counsel עֵצוֹת ʿēṣôt עֵצָה Noun · feminine plural
- neither is there any understanding הֵמָּה hēmmâ Pronoun · third person masculine plural וְאֵין wĕʾên Negative · with and בָּהֶם bāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural תְּבוּנָה tĕbûnâ תָּבוּן Noun · feminine singular
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