Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Ignorance’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Ignorance’ occurs 73 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 20:4 In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?Genesis 20:4
Genesis 44:15 And he said to them: “Why would you choose to act in this way? Could you be ignorant that there is no one like me in the knowledge of discerning signs?”Genesis 44:15
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 1:8 Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt, who was ignorant of Joseph.Exodus 1:8
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 4:2 Say to the sons of Israel: The soul which will have sinned through ignorance, and concerning any of the commandments of the Lord that he instructed not to be done, if anything at all has been done:Leviticus 4:2
Leviticus 4:13 But if all the crowd of Israel will have been ignorant, and through inexperience will have done what is contrary to the commandment of the Lord,Leviticus 4:13
Leviticus 4:22 If a leader will have sinned, and through ignorance will have done one of the many things which the law of the Lord prohibits,Leviticus 4:22
Leviticus 4:27 But if a soul from the people of the land will have sinned through ignorance, so as to have done any of those things that the law of the Lord prohibits, and so commit a transgression,Leviticus 4:27
Leviticus 5:17 If a soul will have sinned through ignorance, and will have done one of those things which the law of the Lord prohibits, and, being guilty of sin, understands his iniquity,Leviticus 5:17
Leviticus 22:14 Whoever, through ignorance, eats from what has been sanctified shall add a fifth part to that which he ate, and he shall give it to the priest at the Sanctuary.Leviticus 22:14
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Leviticus: 6
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 15:22 And if, through ignorance, you neglect any of these things, which the Lord has spoken to Moses,Numbers 15:22
Numbers 15:29 One law shall be for all who sin by ignorance, as much for natives as for newcomers.Numbers 15:29
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:39 Your little ones, about whom you said that they would be led away as captives, and your sons, who to this day are ignorant of the difference between good and evil, they shall enter. And I will give the land to them, and they will possess it.Deuteronomy 1:39
Deuteronomy 31:13 and also so that their sons, who are now ignorant, may be able to listen, and may fear the Lord their God all the days that they live in the land to which you will travel, crossing the Jordan in order to obtain it.”Deuteronomy 31:13
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 20:30 Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?1 Samuel 20:30
1 Samuel 26:21 And Saul said: “I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will never again do evil to you, because my life has been precious in your eyes this day. For it is apparent that I have acted senselessly, and have been ignorant of very many things.”1 Samuel 26:21
1 Samuel 29:3 And the leaders of the Philistines said to Achish, “What do these Hebrews intend to do?” And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines: “Could you be ignorant about David, who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and who has been with me for many days, even years, and I have not found within him anything, from the day that he fled to me, even to this day?”1 Samuel 29:3
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 1 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and he said: “Will your sword rage unto utter destruction? Are you ignorant that it is perilous to act in desperation? How long will you not tell the people to cease from the pursuit of their brothers?”2 Samuel 2:26
2 Samuel 3:38 The king also said to his servants: “Could you be ignorant that a leader and a very great man has fallen today in Israel?2 Samuel 3:38
2 Samuel 11:20 if you see him to be angry, and if he says: ‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight? Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?2 Samuel 11:20
2 Samuel 15:11 Now having been called, two hundred men from Jerusalem went forth with Absalom, going in simplicity of heart and being entirely ignorant of the plan.2 Samuel 15:11
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 2 Samuel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 1:11 And so Nathan said to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon: “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has begun to reign, and that our lord David is ignorant of this?1 Kings 1:11
1 Kings 1:18 And now behold, Adonijah reigns, while you, my lord the king, are ignorant of it.1 Kings 1:18
1 Kings 3:7 And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure.1 Kings 3:7
1 Kings 22:3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Are you ignorant that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and that we have neglected to take it from the hand of the king of Syria?”1 Kings 22:3
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 17:26 And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”2 Kings 17:26
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 2 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 13:5 Are you ignorant that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David the kingship over Israel for all time, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt?2 Chronicles 13:5
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 7:25 But as for you, Ezra, in accord with the wisdom of your God, which is in your hand, appoint judges and magistrates, so that they may judge the entire people, which is beyond the river, especially so that they may know the law of your God, but also so as to teach the ignorant freely.Ezra 7:25
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Job
Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent, and if by chance I have been ignorant of anything, instruct me.Job 6:24
Job 8:9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)Job 8:9
Job 9:21 And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.Job 9:21
Job 12:3 And I have a heart just as you also do, and I am not inferior to you. For who is ignorant of these things, which you know?Job 12:3
Job 12:9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?Job 12:9
Job 19:4 Now, of course, if I have been ignorant, my ignorance will be with me.Job 19:4
Job 24:16 He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.Job 24:16
Job 36:24 Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.Job 36:24
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Job: 8
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 35:8 Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.Psalm 35:8
Psalm 35:11 Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.Psalm 35:11
Psalm 35:15 And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together. Scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.Psalm 35:15
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Psalm: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 15:14 The heart of the wise seeks doctrine. And the mouth of the foolish feeds on ignorance.Proverbs 15:14
Proverbs 19:27 Son, do not cease listening to doctrine, and do not be ignorant of the sermons of knowledge.Proverbs 19:27
Proverbs 21:24 A proud and arrogant one is also called ignorant, if he, in anger, acts according to pride.Proverbs 21:24
Proverbs 29:7 The just knows the case of the poor. The impious is ignorant of knowledge.Proverbs 29:7
Proverbs 30:18 Three things are difficult for me, and about a fourth, I am nearly ignorant:Proverbs 30:18
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Proverbs: 5
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 8:7 For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.Ecclesiastes 8:7
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 28:7 Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.Isaiah 28:7
Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind. They are all ignorant. They are mute dogs without the ability to bark, seeing empty things, sleeping and loving dreams.Isaiah 56:10
Isaiah 63:16 For you are our Father, and Abraham has not known us, and Israel has been ignorant of us. You are our Father, O Lord our Redeemer. Your name is beyond all ages.Isaiah 63:16
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 5:4 But I said: Perhaps these are the poor and the senseless, who are ignorant of the way of the Lord, of the judgment of their God.Jeremiah 5:4
Jeremiah 13:12 Therefore, you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Every bottle will be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you: ‘Are we ignorant that every bottle will be filled with wine?’Jeremiah 13:12
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 45:20 And so shall you do on the seventh day of the month, on behalf of each one who was ignorant or who was deceived by error. And you shall make expiation for the house.Ezekiel 45:20
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he did not know it. And grey hairs also have spread across him, and he is ignorant of it.Hosea 7:9
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:1 A Prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet on Behalf of Those Who Are Ignorant.Habakkuk 3:1
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book John
John 3:10 Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things?John 3:10
Number of the word / term Ignorance in John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Acts
Acts 3:17 And now, brothers, I know that you did this through ignorance, just as your leaders also did.Acts 3:17
Acts 17:23 For as I was passing by and noticing your idols, I also found an altar, on which was written: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this is what I am preaching to you:Acts 17:23
Acts 17:30 And indeed, God, having looked down to see the ignorance of these times, has now announced to men that everyone everywhere should do penance.Acts 17:30
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Acts: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Romans
Romans 10:3 For, being ignorant of the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not subjected themselves to the justice of God.Romans 10:3
Romans 11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.Romans 11:25
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Romans: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and they all went across the sea.1 Corinthians 10:1
1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual things, I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers.1 Corinthians 12:1
1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise, if you have blessed only with the spirit, how can someone, in a state of ignorance, add an “Amen” to your blessing? For he does not know what you are saying.1 Corinthians 14:16
1 Corinthians 14:23 If then, the entire Church were to gather together as one, and if all were to speak in tongues, and then ignorant or unbelieving persons were to enter, would they not say that you were insane?1 Corinthians 14:23
1 Corinthians 14:24 But if everyone prophesies, and one who is ignorant or unbelieving enters, he may be convinced by it all, because he understands it all.1 Corinthians 14:24
1 Corinthians 15:34 Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.1 Corinthians 15:34
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 1 Corinthians: 6
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.2 Corinthians 1:8
2 Corinthians 2:11 so that we would not be circumvented by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his intentions.2 Corinthians 2:11
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 2 Corinthians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 4:8 But then, certainly, while ignorant of God, you served those who, by nature, are not gods.Galatians 4:8
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 4:18 having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.Ephesians 4:18
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 4:13 And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.1 Thessalonians 4:13
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 5:2 he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity.Hebrews 5:2
Number of the word / term Ignorance in Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 1:14 Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,1 Peter 1:14
1 Peter 2:15 For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may bring about the silence of imprudent and ignorant men,1 Peter 2:15
Number of the word / term Ignorance in 1 Peter: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ignorance’ in the book 1 John
1 John 2:21 I have not written to you as to ones who are ignorant of the truth, but as to ones who know the truth. For no lie is of the truth.1 John 2:21
Number of the word / term ‘Ignorance’ in 1 John: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 73
