Verse 43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

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  • Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.
  • John 7:17 : 17 'If anyone wants to do His will, they will know whether My teaching comes from God or whether I speak on My own authority.'
  • John 8:27 : 27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 "There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God."
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.
  • Mic 4:12 : 12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand His plan, that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
  • John 5:43 : 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
  • John 6:60 : 60 On hearing this, many of his disciples said, 'This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?'
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.
  • Isa 6:9 : 9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.