Psalms 14:2

Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

In Context

1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

3They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Genesis 18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

2 Chronicles 30:19that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Psalms 11:4Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Psalms 69:32The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Matthew Henry on Psalms 14:2-4

Human Depravity. 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. If we apply our hearts as Solomon did ( Eccl. vii. 25 ) to search out the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness, these… Read the whole commentary →

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