- Psalm 14:1:
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.”
- Romans 1:20:
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
- Romans 1:21:
“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.”
- Romans 1:22:
“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”
- Romans 1:23:
“And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.”
- Romans 1:25:
“They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.”
- Psalm 10:4:
“In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.”
- Jeremiah 17:9:
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”
- Ephesians 4:18:
“They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.”
- 2 Peter 3:5:
“But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.”
- 2 Peter 3:6:
“By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.”
- 2 Peter 3:7:
“By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.”
- Matthew 13:15:
“For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:4:
“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
- Acts 14:16:
“In the past, he let all nations go their own way.”
- Romans 3:10:
“As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one.'”
- Romans 3:11:
“There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.”
- Romans 3:12:
“All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
- Proverbs 1:7:
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
- Proverbs 14:1:
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ But the righteous shall live by faith.”
- Proverbs 18:2:
“Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.”
- Proverbs 28:26:
“Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.”
- Isaiah 44:18:
“They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:14:
“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”
- Matthew 10:33:
“But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.”
- John 3:19:
“This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.”
- John 3:20:
“Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.”
- John 5:38-40:
“Nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:3:
“And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.”
- John 8:47:
“Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”