Acts 28:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.

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  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue. 10 Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blinde but my seruaunt? or deafe as my messenger, that I sent? who is blind as the perfit, and blinde as the Lordes seruant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou keepest them not? opening the eares, but he heareth not?
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Sonne of man, thou dwellest in the middes of a rebellious house, which haue eyes to see, and see not: they haue eares to heare, and heare not: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue. 15 For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he sayd, Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of ye kingdome of God, but to other in parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they should not vnderstand.
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 Yet the Lord hath not giuen you an heart to perceiue, and eyes to see, & eares to heare, vnto this day.
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnes of their heart, & they haue walked in their owne cousels.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the Lord hath couered you with a spirite of slumber, and hath shut vp your eyes: the Prophets, & your chiefe Seers hath he couered.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore behold, I wil againe doe a marueilous worke in this people, euen a marueilous worke, and a wonder: for the wisdome of their wise men shall perish, and the vnderstanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 Therefore will I chuse out their delusions, and I will bring their feare vpon them, because I called, and none woulde answere: I spake and they woulde not heare: but they did euill in my sight, and chose the things which I would not.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Heare nowe this, O foolish people, and without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and see not, which haue eares and heare not.
  • Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 Not to many people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an harde language, whose wordes thou canst not vnderstand: yet if I should sende thee to them, they would obey thee. 7 But the house of Israel will not obey thee: for they will not obey me: yea, all the house of Israel are impudent and stiffe hearted.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 Then he sayd vnto them, O fooles and slowe of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken!
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then opened he their vnderstanding, that they might vnderstand the Scriptures,
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 That the saying of Esaias the Prophete might be fulfilled, that he sayd, Lord, who beleeued our report? and to whome is the arme of the Lord reueiled? 39 Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day. 9 And Dauid sayth, Let their table be made a snare, and a net, and a stumbling blocke, euen for a recompence vnto them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In whom the God of this world hath blinded the mindes, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine vnto them. 5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake. 6 For God that commanded the light to shine out of darknesse, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And when Iesus knew it, he said vnto them, Why reason you thus, because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? haue ye your hearts yet hardened? 18 Haue yee eyes, and see not? and haue yee eares, and heare not? and doe ye not remember?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 13:13-18
    6 verses
    89%

    13Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

    14So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.

    15For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.

    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.

    17For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, & righteous men haue desired to see those things which ye see, & haue not seene them, & to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

    18Heare ye therefore ye parable of ye sower.

  • Isa 6:9-10
    2 verses
    88%

    9And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.

    10Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.

  • Acts 28:27-28
    2 verses
    86%

    27For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them.

    28Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.

  • Mark 4:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

    13Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

  • John 12:38-41
    4 verses
    79%

    38That the saying of Esaias the Prophete might be fulfilled, that he sayd, Lord, who beleeued our report? and to whome is the arme of the Lord reueiled?

    39Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe,

    40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

    41These things sayd Esaias when he sawe his glory, and spake of him.

  • Jer 5:21
    78%

    21Heare nowe this, O foolish people, and without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and see not, which haue eares and heare not.

  • Mark 8:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17And when Iesus knew it, he said vnto them, Why reason you thus, because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? haue ye your hearts yet hardened?

    18Haue yee eyes, and see not? and haue yee eares, and heare not? and doe ye not remember?

  • Isa 42:18
    77%

    18Heare, ye deafe: and ye blinde, regarde, that ye may see.

  • Rom 11:8
    76%

    8According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day.

  • Isa 42:20
    76%

    20Seeing many things, but thou keepest them not? opening the eares, but he heareth not?

  • Rom 15:21
    75%

    21But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    75%

    21In the Lawe it is written, By men of other tongues, and by other languages will I speake vnto this people: yet so shal they not heare me, sayth the Lord.

  • Ezek 3:6
    74%

    6Not to many people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an harde language, whose wordes thou canst not vnderstand: yet if I should sende thee to them, they would obey thee.

  • Isa 44:18
    74%

    18They haue not knowen, nor vnderstand: for God hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their heartes, that they cannot vnderstand.

  • Isa 28:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11For with a stammering tongue and with a strange language shall he speake vnto this people.

    12Vnto whome hee saide, This is the rest: giue rest to him that is weary: and this is the refreshing, but they would not heare.

  • Acts 28:25
    74%

    25Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers,

  • Matt 11:15
    74%

    15He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Mark 8:21
    74%

    21Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?

  • Deut 29:4
    74%

    4Yet the Lord hath not giuen you an heart to perceiue, and eyes to see, & eares to heare, vnto this day.

  • Luke 8:10
    74%

    10And he sayd, Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of ye kingdome of God, but to other in parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they should not vnderstand.

  • Matt 13:9
    73%

    9He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Jer 7:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Therefore shalt thou speake al these words vnto them, but they will not heare thee: thou shalt also crie vnto them, but they will not answere thee.

    28But thou shalt say vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lorde their God, nor receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.

  • Isa 32:3
    73%

    3The eyes of the seeing shal not be shut, and the eares of them that heare, shall hearken.

  • John 10:6
    73%

    6This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

  • Mark 4:9
    72%

    9Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Luke 9:45
    72%

    45But they vnderstood not that word: for it was hid from them, so that they could not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.

  • Jer 6:10
    72%

    10Vnto whome shall I speake, and admonish that they may heare? beholde, their eares are vncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: beholde, the worde of the Lord is vnto them as a reproche: they haue no delite in it.

  • Luke 18:34
    72%

    34But they vnderstood none of these things, and this saying was hidde from them, neither perceiued they the things, which were spoken.

  • Luke 17:23
    72%

    23Then they shall say to you, Behold here, or beholde there: but goe not thither, neither followe them.

  • Matt 15:10
    72%

    10Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand.

  • Mark 7:16
    72%

    16If any haue eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Isa 29:11
    72%

    11And the vision of them all is become vnto you, as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp, which they deliuer to one that can reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee. Then shall he say, I can not: for it is sealed.

  • Isa 33:19
    72%

    19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not vnderstande.

  • Rom 10:16
    72%

    16But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel: for Esaias saith, Lord, who hath beleeued our report?

  • Mark 4:23
    71%

    23If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Isa 29:18
    71%

    18And in that day shall the deafe heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darkenesse.