Isaiah 42:18

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Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!

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  • Isa 29:18 : 18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears.
  • Mark 7:34-37 : 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, "Ephphatha," which means, "Be opened." 35 Immediately, his ears were opened, his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly. 36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone, but the more He ordered them, the more they kept proclaiming it. 37 They were utterly amazed and said, "He has done everything well! He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
  • Luke 7:22 : 22 He replied to them, 'Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.'
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I don’t need anything,' yet you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 42:19-20
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    19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD?

    20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.

  • Isa 29:18
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    18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

  • Isa 43:8-9
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    8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears.

    9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this and proclaim the former things? Let them produce their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, 'It is true.'

  • Isa 35:5
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    5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

  • Isa 42:16-17
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    16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.

    17 They will be turned back; they will be utterly ashamed—those who trust in carved idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods.'

  • Isa 32:3
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    3 The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

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

  • Isa 42:7
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    7 To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.

  • Acts 28:26-27
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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."'

    27 For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.'

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

    10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."

  • Matt 13:14-16
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    14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

    15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.

    16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

  • Isa 42:23
    74%

    23 Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and pay attention for the time to come?

  • John 12:40
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    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."

  • Lev 19:14
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    14 Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Ps 135:16-18
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    16 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

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

    18 Those who make them will become like them; so will all who trust in them.

  • 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.'

  • Isa 29:10-11
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    10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers.

    11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.'

  • Matt 20:33
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    33 They said to him, 'Lord, let our eyes be opened.'

  • Prov 20:12
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    12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.

  • Mark 8:18
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    18 Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

  • Mic 7:16
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    16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

  • Ps 38:13
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    13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to harm me speak of ruin and plot deception all day long.

  • Ezek 12:2
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    2 Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8 As 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."

  • Ps 115:5
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    5 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

  • Isa 28:23
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    23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear my words.

  • Ps 94:9
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    9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?

  • Isa 18:3
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    3 All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when the trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

  • Exod 4:11
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    11 The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

  • Jer 6:18
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    18 Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O congregation, what is among them!

  • John 9:39
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    39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'

  • Job 42:5
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    5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

  • Deut 28:34
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    34 You will go mad because of the things you see with your own eyes.

  • Matt 15:31
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    31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

  • Isa 51:1
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    1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were dug.

  • Job 29:15
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    15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

  • John 9:41
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    41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

  • Isa 50:5
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    5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn away.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15 Listen and pay attention! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.