And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.
Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:
They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,
When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
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