Romans 11:8

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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."

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  • Deut 29:4 : 4 I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.
  • Isa 29:10 : 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.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 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.
  • Matt 13:13-14 : 13 That 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. 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.'
  • 2 Cor 3:14-15 : 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 But even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.
  • Mark 4:11-12 : 11 He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is spoken in parables. 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.'
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
  • Acts 28:26 : 26 'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 So these nations feared the Lord, but they also served their carved images. Their children and grandchildren continued to do as their fathers did, even to this day.
  • 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.’
  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They neither fear the Lord nor follow the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

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  • Rom 11:7
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    7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened.

  • Rom 11:9-11
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    81%

    9And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them."

    10"Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."

    11Again I ask, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.

  • John 12:39-40
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    39This 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."

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They 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."'

    27For 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.'

  • Matt 13:13-16
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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.'

    15For 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.

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

  • Isa 6:9-10
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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.’

    10Make 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."

  • 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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    10For 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.

    11The 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.'

  • 2 Cor 3:14-15
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    14But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

    15But even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.

  • Deut 29:4
    74%

    4I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.

  • Rom 11:25
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    25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not become conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

  • Zech 7:11
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    11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.

  • Eph 4:18
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    18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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

  • Isa 42:18
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    18Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!

  • Rom 11:27-28
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    27And this will be My covenant with them when I take away their sins."

    28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    16They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

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

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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

  • Rom 11:30-32
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    30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,

    31so they too have now been disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.

    32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that He may have mercy on them all.

  • Rom 15:21
    71%

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

  • 1 Pet 2:8
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    8and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.

  • Isa 28:12
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

    33Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'

  • Luke 24:16
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    16But their eyes were restrained, so they did not recognize him.

  • Ps 115:5-6
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    5They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    6They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell.

  • Rom 10:18-19
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    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.'

    19But I ask, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: 'I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation, I will make you angry.'

  • Jer 11:8
    69%

    8Yet they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, each one followed the stubbornness of their own evil heart. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to obey but they did not.

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

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

  • Isa 8:15
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    15Many will stumble over it; they will fall and be broken, they will be ensnared and captured.