Top 25 Bible Verses About Ignorance (NIV)

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.

⁶ my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

³⁰ In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

³ A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

² It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

⁵ You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding.

¹ Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

³⁴ Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

⁶ But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.'

¹⁷ "Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

²¹ "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' ²³ Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

¹³ Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

⁷ Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."

¹³ Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹⁴ As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. ¹⁵ But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; ¹⁶ for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

²³ For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:|sc TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

²⁶ He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

³ Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

¹² The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

²⁰ You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.

¹³ Man does not comprehend its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

¹⁵ For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

¹² But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.

⁸ When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.

² He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.