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Psalm 94:8

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
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Notice

“Consider” interrupts the claim that God does not see murder, making this sharp rebuke a challenge to anyone who treats human cruelty as hidden from him.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no …Both passages expose a lack of understanding concerning God, with Jeremiah naming the falsehood of lifeless images.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”Both address people who fail to consider, with Isaiah contrasting their ignorance with animals that recognize their owner.
Psalm 92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:Both use the words “senseless” and “fool” to describe people who lack understanding.
Titus 3:3For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.Both speak of human foolishness; Titus describes it alongside disobedience and hatred, while the psalm challenges fools to become wise.
Mark 8:21He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”Both use a direct question to confront a continuing lack of understanding.
Psalm 49:10For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.Both name the fool and the senseless, though Psalm 49 stresses that death comes to wise people too.
Jeremiah 5:21‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:Both address foolish people without understanding and demand their attention through a direct command.
Proverbs 6:9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?Both ask when the person addressed will change, though Proverbs concerns sleep and the psalm concerns wisdom.
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.Both confront folly through correction, with Proverbs stating that love of correction goes with love of knowledge.
Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!Both urge people toward wisdom and consideration, with Deuteronomy directing attention to their latter end.
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who …Both describe people lacking understanding; Isaiah goes further by announcing that their Maker will show them no favor.
Romans 3:11There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.Both identify a lack of understanding, though Romans makes a sweeping statement and the psalm directly addresses fools.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. sermon or Bible study notes.

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Encouragement

The rebuke takes the victims’ suffering seriously. Those who kill and assume God takes no notice are called to reckon with the God who hears, sees, and judges.

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