It takes humility to answer a question, "I don't know." We've been sold the idea that we have to know everything, or at least pretend we do...to have worth, value, or stature in society. Some can detect that notion is a sham, but it still spreads throughout the US, where we will argue a wrong point until our opponent succumbs and says it's right. You all know that's true.
KNOWLEDGE is defined as facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education. In philosophy, knowledge is true, justified belief; certain understanding, as opposed to opinion. In 1 Corinthians 8:1, a debate arose—should Christ followers eat food that was offered to idols? Paul wrote, "Now about food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge [concerning this]. Knowledge [alone] makes [people self-righteously] arrogant, but love [that unselfishly seeks the best for others] builds up and encourages others to grow [in wisdom]." (AMP)
It is the LORD who gives wisdom; from Him come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6 , (GNT)
Solomon states that knowledge, wisdom, and understanding are important gifts we receive from God. I can know that diet and exercise is good. I can understand that if I eat better and move my body 30 minutes daily, it will benefit me now and in the future. But wisdom, is the application of what I know and understand, or as Yoda said in Star Wars, "To know...is to do."
The prophet Hosea was commanded by God to marry a prostitute as a prophetic figure of Israel's adulterous and idolatrous ways. In Chapter 4, he bemoans that, “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, a lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed." (v.1,2) In verse 6 Hosea writes the often quoted verse, "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children." Those are some harsh words! Hosea is not talking about knowing random facts or information about the world. He is preaching about Israel's lack of knowledge of God...that knowledge includes obedience. God says His people are completely cut off, perishing, ruined, and destroyed because they neither know Him nor obey Him | 
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