Jeremiah 4:22 (WEB)
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And Jeremiah, in like manner: “They,” he says, “who rule my people did not know me; they are senseless and imprudent children; they are wise to do evil, but to do well they have no knowledge.”” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 22.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For they were wise to do evil, but to do good they had no knowledge.” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 22.
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Cross-references · 1
Jeremiah 4:22 and Micah 4:12 share the same wording (9 words).