Isaiah 44:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Yet men neither consider nor vnderstande, because their eyes be stopped that they can not see, and their heartes that they can not perceaue.

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  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he sayd, Go and tell this people: Heare in deede, yet vnderstande not, ye shall playnely see, and yet perceaue not. 10 Harden the heart of this people, stop their eares, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and conuert and be healed.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 Yf our Gospell be yet hyd, it is hyd in them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not, lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe (which is the image of God) should shine vnto them.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 Therfore coulde they not beleue, because that Esaias sayth agayne: 40 He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, & lest they should vnderstande with their hearte, & should be conuerted, and I should heale them.
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 Accordyng as it is written: God hath geuen them the spirite of remorse, eyes that they shoulde not see, and eares that they shoulde not heare, euen vnto this day. 9 And Dauid sayth: Let their table be made a snare, and a trappe, and a stumbling stocke, and a recompence vnto the. 10 Let their eyes be blinded yt they see not, & bowe thou downe their backe alway.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the Lorde hath couered you with a slumbring spirite, and hath closed your eyes: your prophetes also and rulers that shoulde see, them hath he couered.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Heare this thou foolishe and vndiscreete people, ye haue eyes but ye see not, eares haue ye but ye heare not.
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 His wisdome maketh all men fooles, and confounded be casters of images: for that they cast, is but a vayne thing, and hath no life.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 They are altogether brutishe and vnwise in this one thing: wood is the teaching of vanitie.
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather you and come together, drawe nigh hither you that escaped of the people: they haue no vnderstanding that set vp the stockes of their idols, and pray vnto a god that can not helpe them.
  • Isa 46:7-8 : 7 Yet must he be taken on mens shoulders and borne, and set in his place, that he may stande, and not moue out of his place: And if one crye vnto hym, he geueth no aunswere, and deliuereth not the man that calleth vpon hym from his trouble. 8 Consider this well, and be ashamed: go into your owne selues.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 They are shamelesse dogges that be neuer satisfied: The sheepheardes also in like maner haue no vnderstandyng, but euery man turneth his owne way, euery one after his owne couetousnesse with all his power.
  • Isa 44:9 : 9 All caruers of images are but vayne, and the carued images that they loue can do no good: they must beare recorde them selues, that seeing they can neither see nor vnderstande, they shalbe confounded.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.
  • Prov 2:5-9 : 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng. 7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly, 8 That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse. 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement: but they that seeke the Lord, vnderstande all thinges.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue. 15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them.
  • Acts 14:16 : 16 The which in tymes past suffred all nations to walke in their owne wayes.
  • Rom 1:21-23 : 21 Because that when they knewe God, they glorified hym not as God, neither were thankefull, but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolishe heart was blynded. 22 When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles: 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God, vnto an image, made not only after the similitude of a mortal man, but also of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of crepyng beastes.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Euen hym whose commyng is after the workyng of Satan, in all power & signes, and wonders, of lying, 10 And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse, in them that peryshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued. 11 And therefore God shall sende them strong delusion, that they should beleue lyes: 12 That all they myght be dampned whiche beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnryghteousnes.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Hauyng eyes full of adulterie, & that can not ceasse from sinne, begylyng vnstable soules: Heartes they haue exercised with robberie, they are cursed chyldren,
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely:
  • John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The oxe hath knowen his owner, and the asse his maisters cribbe: but Israel hath not knowen, my people hath geuen no heede.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre?
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shalbe purified, made white, and tryed: but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shal haue vnderstanding, but the wyse shall vnderstande.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

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  • Isa 44:19
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    19 They ponder not in their mindes, for they haue neither knowledge nor vnderstanding to thinke thus: I haue brent one peece in the fire, I haue baked bread with the coales thereof, I haue rosted fleshe withall, and eaten it: and I wyll nowe of the residue make an abhominable idoll, and fall downe before a rotten peece of wood.

  • Ps 135:16-18
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    16 They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes but they see not.

    17 They haue eares and they heare not: yea there is no breath in their mouth.

    18 They that make them are lyke vnto them: and euery one that putteth his trust in them.

  • Ps 115:4-7
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    4 Their idols are siluer and gold: euen the workes of mens handes.

    5 They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes and see not.

    6 They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not.

    7 They haue handes and handle not, they haue feete and walke not: and they vtter no sounde out of their throtes.

  • Job 17:4
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    4 For thou hast withholden their heartes from vnderstanding, therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

  • John 12:40
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    40 He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, & lest they should vnderstande with their hearte, & should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

  • Eph 4:18
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    18 Darkened in cogitation, being alienated from the lyfe of God by the ignoraunce that is in them, by the blindnesse of their heartes.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9 And he sayd, Go and tell this people: Heare in deede, yet vnderstande not, ye shall playnely see, and yet perceaue not.

    10 Harden the heart of this people, stop their eares, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and conuert and be healed.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8 Accordyng as it is written: God hath geuen them the spirite of remorse, eyes that they shoulde not see, and eares that they shoulde not heare, euen vnto this day.

  • Deut 29:4
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    4 And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue, and eyes to see, and eares to heare, vnto this day.

  • Isa 42:17-18
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    17 They are fallen backe, yea and let them be ashamed earnestly that hope in idols, and say to the moulten images, ye are our gods.

    18 Heare O ye deafe men, and sharpen your eyes to see O ye blinde.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21 Heare this thou foolishe and vndiscreete people, ye haue eyes but ye see not, eares haue ye but ye heare not.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5 They knowe nothyng, they vnderstande nothing: they walke on styll in darknesse, wherfore all the foundations of the earth be out of course.

  • Matt 13:13-15
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    13 Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande.

    14 And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue.

    15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them.

  • Isa 44:9-10
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    9 All caruers of images are but vayne, and the carued images that they loue can do no good: they must beare recorde them selues, that seeing they can neither see nor vnderstande, they shalbe confounded.

    10 Who dare then make a god, or fashion an image that is profitable for nothing?

  • Isa 44:17
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    17 And of the residue he maketh hym a god, and grauen image for him selfe: he kneeleth before it, he worshippeth it, he prayeth vnto it, and saith, Deliuer me, for thou art my god.

  • Mark 4:12
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    12 That when they see, they may see and not discerne: and whe they heare, they may heare and not vnderstande, lest at any tyme, they shoulde turne, and their sinnes shoulde be forgeuen them.

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26 Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue.

    27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and shoulde be conuerted, and I shoulde heale them.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4 Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so simple & foolishe that they vnderstande nothyng of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of their God.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle, neither is there any vnderstandyng in them.

  • Isa 42:20
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    20 Thou hast seene much, and kepest nothing: the eares are open, and no man heareth.

  • Mic 4:12
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    12 But they know not the thoughtes of the Lord, they vnderstand not his counsel: for he shall gather them together as the sheaues in the barne.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17 And Iesus knewe it, and sayth vnto them: Why reason ye, because ye haue no bread? Perceaue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? Haue ye your heart yet hardened?

    18 Haue ye eyes, and see not? and haue ye eares & heare not? Do ye not remember?

  • Ps 94:7-8
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    7 And they say, tushe the Lorde seeth it not: neither doth the God of Iacob vnderstande it.

    8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?

  • Rom 3:17-18
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    17 And they way of peace haue they not knowen.

    18 There is no feare of God before their eyes.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8 As for the aulters which are his owne handy worke he shal not regarde them, and the thynges that his fingers hath made, as groues and images, those shal he not cast his eye vnto.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • Rom 11:10
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    10 Let their eyes be blinded yt they see not, & bowe thou downe their backe alway.

  • Rom 1:21
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    21 Because that when they knewe God, they glorified hym not as God, neither were thankefull, but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolishe heart was blynded.

  • Mark 6:52
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    52 For they vnderstoode not the miracle of the loaues, because their heart was hardened.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15 Wo vnto them that kepe secrete their thoughtes, to hide their counsell from the Lorde, and to do their workes in darknesse, saying: Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?

  • Isa 29:10
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    10 For the Lorde hath couered you with a slumbring spirite, and hath closed your eyes: your prophetes also and rulers that shoulde see, them hath he couered.

  • Jer 10:14
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    14 His wisdome maketh all men fooles, and confounded be casters of images: for that they cast, is but a vayne thing, and hath no life.

  • Jer 51:17
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    17 If they be esteemed by their wisdome, all men are become fooles: confounded be all the casters of images, for the thing that they make, is but deceipt, and hath no breath.

  • 2 Cor 3:14
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    14 But their myndes were blynded: For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament, which vayle is put away in Christe.