1 Corinthians 14:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

In the law it is written: With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people, and yet for all that they will not hear me, says the Lord.

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  • Isa 28:11-12 : 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
  • John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods?
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
  • Jer 5:15 : 15 Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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  • Isa 28:11-12
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    11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

    12To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

  • 1 Cor 14:22-24
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    80%

    22Therefore, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to those who do not believe; but prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

    23Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?

    24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all.

  • Rom 15:21
    76%

    21But as it is written, Those who have not been told of him shall see, and those who have not heard shall understand.

  • 1 Cor 14:2
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    2For he who speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to God; for no man understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.

  • 1 Cor 14:9-11
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    9So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will speak into the air.

    10There are, perhaps, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without significance.

    11Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks shall be a foreigner to me.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    73%

    5For you are not sent to a people of a strange language and hard speech, but to the house of Israel;

    6Not to many people of a strange language and hard speech, 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 my God, I speak with tongues more than you all;

    19Yet in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

    20Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.

  • 1 Cor 14:4-7
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    4He who speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

    5I wish that you all spoke with tongues, but rather that you prophesied; for greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

    6Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation, knowledge, prophesying, or doctrine?

    7Even things without life, giving sound, whether pipe or harp, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or harped?

  • 1 Cor 14:39
    73%

    39Therefore, brethren, desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking with tongues.

  • 1 Cor 14:13-15
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    13Therefore, let him who speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

    14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

    15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

  • Isa 29:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.

    13Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  • 1 Cor 14:26-28
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    70%

    26How is it then, brethren? When you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

    27If anyone speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two or at the most by three, and each in turn, and let one interpret.

    28But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church, and let him speak to himself and to God.

  • Isa 33:19
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    19You will not see a fierce people, a people of a speech too deep to understand, of a stammering tongue that you cannot comprehend.

  • Jer 7:27
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    27Therefore you shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.

  • Ps 135:17
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    17They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  • Ezek 3:26
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    26And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

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

  • Isa 30:9
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    9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD:

  • Rom 10:18
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    18But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: "Their sound has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."

  • Rom 11:8
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    8According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day.

  • Acts 2:8
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    8How is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born?

  • Ps 19:3
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    3There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.

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

  • Acts 10:46
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    46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

  • John 8:43
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    43Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

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

  • Acts 2:4
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    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • Mark 4:12
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    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.