Romans 3:11 “There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.”

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

World English Bible

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

American Standard Version

There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

Geneva Bible 1599

There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.

Darby Translation

there is not the [man] that understands, there is not one that seeks after God.

Young's Literal Translation

There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.

Bible in Basic English

Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

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Cross references

“none that understandeth”

Psalm 14:2–4 Psalm 53:2 Titus 3:3 Hosea 4:6 Jeremiah 4:22 Proverbs 1:22

Psalm 14:2–4 · BSB

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Psalm 53:2 · BSB

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Titus 3:3 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Proverbs 1:22 · BSB

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

“seeketh”

Romans 8:7 Hosea 7:10 Isaiah 31:1 Isaiah 55:6 Isaiah 65:1 Isaiah 9:13

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Hosea 7:10 · BSB

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

Isaiah 31:1 · BSB

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Isaiah 55:6 · BSB

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 65:1 · BSB

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

Isaiah 9:13 · BSB

But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

12All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

Read Romans 3