Ignorance: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

Job 8:9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a
Job 11:7, 8, 12 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the
Job 28:12, 13, 20, 21 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding
Job 36:26, 29 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is
Job 37:5, 15, 16, 19, 23 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great
Psa 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Pro 7:6–23 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. / I saw
Pro 8:5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Pro 9:14–18 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the
Pro 19:2 Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps
Pro 20:24 A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own
Pro 22:3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and
Pro 27:1, 12 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Pro 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His
Ecc 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in
Ecc 6:11, 12 For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
Ecc 7:23, 24 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it
Ecc 8:6, 7, 17 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a
Ecc 9:12 For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds
Ecc 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a
Jer 10:23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs
Joh 13:7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will
Act 1:7 Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father
Act 17:23, 30 For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even
Rom 8:24–26 For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at
1Co 2:7–10 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He
1Co 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is
1Co 13:9, 12 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, / Now we see but a dim
Jam 1:5, 6 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously