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Bible Verses About My People Perish for Lack of Knowledge
Find Bible verses about my people perish for lack of knowledge — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about my people perish for lack of knowledge?
The Bible addresses my people perish for lack of knowledge with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Hosea 4:6
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.”
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Psalms 29:11
“Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.”
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Genesis 2:17
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."”
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Proverbs 1:7
“The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.”
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1 Timothy 2:4
“who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.”
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Colossians 2:3
“in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.”
Psalms 34:10
“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.”
Deuteronomy 9:13
“Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:”
Hosea 2:23
“I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, 'My God!'"”
Proverbs 29:2
“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.”
Romans 9:25
“As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."”
1 Peter 2:10
“who in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”
Esther 4:16
“"Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to th...”
Genesis 2:9
“Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...”
Proverbs 22:12
“The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.”
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Psalms 148:14 — “He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israe...”
2 Chronicles 1:10 — “Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judg...”
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