Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
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- Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
- Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
- Deut 32:15 : 15 Israel’s Rebellion But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
- Ps 17:10 : 10 They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
- Ps 119:70 : 70 Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law.
- Jer 6:10 : 10 I answered,“Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the LORD’s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
- Isa 63:17 : 17 Why, LORD, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!
- Zech 7:11 : 11 “But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
- Ezek 3:6-9 : 6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you! 7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. 8 “I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads. 9 I have made your forehead harder than flint– like diamond! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house.” 10 And he said to me,“Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully. 11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”
- 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
- John 3:19-20 : 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
- Acts 3:19 : 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
- Isa 19:22 : 22 The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the LORD and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.
- Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).
- Exod 7:3 : 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,
- Exod 10:27 : 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.
- Exod 11:10 : 10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.
- Exod 14:17 : 17 And as for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will come after them, that I may be honored because of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen.
- Deut 2:30 : 30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the LORD our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.
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- Acts 28:26-272 verses88%
26 when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.
27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
- Matt 13:13-164 verses88%
13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.
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9 He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
- John 12:39-402 verses84%
39 For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,
40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
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12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”
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18 They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
- Jer 5:20-212 verses77%
20 “Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.
21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
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18 The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
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8 as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
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10 I answered,“Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the LORD’s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
- Zech 7:11-122 verses75%
11 “But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
12 Indeed, they made their hearts as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had poured out great wrath.
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4 But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!
- Isa 29:10-112 verses74%
10 For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).
11 To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.”
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3 Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
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11 I replied,“How long, Lord?” He said,“Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,
- Mark 8:17-182 verses73%
17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
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18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
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20 You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”
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10 let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”
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5 Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.
- Ezek 3:6-72 verses72%
6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!
7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
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6 Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?
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5 Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick.
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16 Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
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13 The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
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10 They say to the visionaries,“See no more visions!” and to the seers,“Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things; relate deceptive messages.
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8 The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
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23 May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!
- Jer 6:18-192 verses71%
18 So the LORD said,“Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.
19 Hear this, you peoples of the earth:‘Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.
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23 Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’
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2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
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18 As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the LORD,“Strike these people with blindness.” The LORD struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.
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24 But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.
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6 ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,
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33 They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
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10 These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.
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14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.
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18 They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
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12 In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.