1 Corinthians 14:21

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In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

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  • Isa 28:11-12 : 11 Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people. 12 To whom He said, 'This is the place of rest—give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose’—but they would not listen.
  • John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your Law: "I have said you are gods"?'
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand.
  • Jer 5:15 : 15 Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from far away, O house of Israel, declares the Lord. It is a mighty nation, an ancient nation, one whose language you do not know and whose speech you cannot understand.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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  • Isa 28:11-12
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    11Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

    12To whom He said, 'This is the place of rest—give rest to the weary; this is the place of repose’—but they would not listen.

  • 1 Cor 14:22-24
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    22Thus, tongues are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign, not for unbelievers but for believers.

    23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

    24But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.

  • Rom 15:21
    76%

    21Rather, as it is written: 'Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.'

  • 1 Cor 14:2
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    2For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 14:9-11
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    9In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

    10There are so many kinds of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

    11If I do not understand the meaning of what someone is saying, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    5For you are not being sent to a people with an obscure language or a difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel.

    6You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

  • 1 Cor 14:18-20
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    18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

    19But in the church, I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

    20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

  • 1 Cor 14:4-7
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    4The one who speaks in a tongue builds up themselves, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up.

    6Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what good will I be to you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

    7Even lifeless instruments like the flute or harp, if they do not produce a clear distinction in the notes, how will anyone recognize what is played on the flute or the harp?

  • 1 Cor 14:39
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    39So then, brothers and sisters, eagerly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

  • 1 Cor 14:13-15
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    13Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

    14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

    15What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

  • Isa 29:12-13
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    12Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'

    13The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their reverence for me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.'

  • 1 Cor 14:26-28
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    26What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

    27If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be two or at most three, each in turn, and let someone interpret.

    28But if there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep silent in the church and speak to themselves and to God.

  • Isa 33:19
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    19You will no longer see the arrogant people, a people of obscure speech you cannot understand, of stammering tongue that you cannot comprehend.

  • Jer 7:27
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    27When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Ps 135:17
    69%

    17They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To 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.

  • Ezek 3:26
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    26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

  • 1 John 4:5
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    5They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

  • Isa 30:9
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    9These are a rebellious people, deceitful children, unwilling to listen to the LORD's instruction.

  • Rom 10:18
    69%

    18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.'

  • Rom 11:8
    69%

    8As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."

  • Acts 2:8
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    8How is it that each of us hears them in our native language where we were born?

  • Ps 19:3
    69%

    3Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they reveal knowledge.

  • Rom 10:14
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    14How then can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching?

  • Acts 10:46
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    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

  • John 8:43
    68%

    43Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

  • Acts 2:4
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    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

  • Mark 4:12
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    12"So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'