30 Bible Verses about Deafness

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Exodus 4:11

And Jehovah will say to him, Who set a mouth to man? or who set the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or blind? is it not I Jehovah?

Psalm 94:9

He planting the ear, shall he not hear? if he formed the eye, shall he not see?

Luke 1:20

And, behold, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall be, because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be completed in their time.

Mark 9:25

And Jesus, having seen that the crowd ran together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Speechless and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and that thou come no more into him.

Luke 7:22

And Jesus having answered said to them, Having gone, announce to John what ye saw and heard; for the blind look up, the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor are announced good news.

Mark 7:32-37

And they bring to him a deaf one, tongue-tied; and they beseech him that he would put the hand upon him. And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers in his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue; And having looked up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be opened.read more.
And quickly his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake rightly. And he charged them that they should say to none: and as much as he charged them, they proclaimed more abundantly; And above measure were they struck with amazement, saying, Well has he done all things: he makes the deaf to hear, and the speechless to speak.

Luke 22:49-51

And they about him, having seen that, going to be, said to him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword And a certain one of them struck a servant of the chief priest, and took away his right ear. And Jesus having answered said, Allow ye even to this. And having touched his ear, he healed him.

Psalm 28:1

To David. To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, my rock; thou wilt not be silent from me: lest thou wilt be silent from me and I was made like with them going down to the pit

Psalm 38:13

And they seeking my soul will lay snares: and they seeking my evil spake mischief, and they will meditate deceits all the day,

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and testify, and they will hear? behold, their ear being uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah was to them for a reproach; they will not delight in it

Isaiah 42:19-20

Who blind but my servant? and deaf as my messenger I shall send? who blind he being perfect? and blind as the servant of Jehovah? Seeing many things, and thou wilt not watch; opening the ears, and he will not bear.

Micah 7:16

The nations shall see and be ashamed from all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

Zechariah 7:11

And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.

Mark 4:9-12

And he said to them, He having ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable. And he said to them, To you has it been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to those without, all are in parables:read more.
That seeing they might see, and not know; and hearing they might hear, and not understand; lest they turn back, and their sins be remitted to them.

Acts 28:26-27

Saying, Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and ye should not perceive: For the heart of this people was thickened, and with ears heard they heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with the eyes, and with ears should hear, and with the heart they should understand, and turn back, and I should heal them.

Deuteronomy 4:28

And ye served there gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which shall not see, and shall not hear, and shall not eat, and shall not breathe.

Psalm 115:6

Ears to them, and they shall not hear: a nose to them, and they shall not smell:

Daniel 5:23

And against the Lord of the heavens thou didst lift up thyself; and for the vessels of his house they brought before thee, and thou and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, drinking wine in them; and to the gods of silver and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, who see not, and hear not, and know not, thou didst praise: and to the God whom thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways to him, thou didst not honor.

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk:

Isaiah 29:18

In that day the deaf heard the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of thick darkness, and darkness.

Isaiah 35:5

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be opened.

From Thematic Bible


Deafness » Spiritual

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they shall see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and their heart shall understand and turn back and be healed to them.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and testify, and they will hear? behold, their ear being uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah was to them for a reproach; they will not delight in it

Ezekiel 12:2

Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.

Zechariah 7:11

And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.

More verses: Matthew 13:15 Acts 28:26

Deafness » Natural

Ecclesiastes 12:4

And the doors were shut in the street, in the lowness of the voice of the grinding, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of the song shall bow down;

2 Samuel 19:35

The son of eighty years am I this day; shall I know between good to evil? if thy servant shall taste what I shall eat, and what I shall drink? if I shall yet hear to the voice of men singing or of women singing? and wherefore shall thy servant be yet for a burden to my lord the king?

Mark 7:32

And they bring to him a deaf one, tongue-tied; and they beseech him that he would put the hand upon him.

More verses: Mark 9:25

Deafness » Figurative » Of moral insensibility

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they shall see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and their heart shall understand and turn back and be healed to them.

John 12:40

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart: lest they see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and should turn back, and I should heal them.

Ezekiel 12:2

Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.

Isaiah 29:18

In that day the deaf heard the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of thick darkness, and darkness.

More verses: Isaiah 35:5 Acts 28:26-27

Deafness » Miraculous cure of

Mark 7:32

And they bring to him a deaf one, tongue-tied; and they beseech him that he would put the hand upon him.

Mark 9:25

And Jesus, having seen that the crowd ran together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Speechless and deaf spirit, I command thee to come out of him, and that thou come no more into him.

Deafness » Law concerning

Deafness » Inflicted by God

Exodus 4:11

And Jehovah will say to him, Who set a mouth to man? or who set the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or blind? is it not I Jehovah?

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Deafness

Mark 7:32

And they bring to him a deaf one, tongue-tied; and they beseech him that he would put the hand upon him.

Psalm 38:13

And they seeking my soul will lay snares: and they seeking my evil spake mischief, and they will meditate deceits all the day,

Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they shall see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and their heart shall understand and turn back and be healed to them.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and testify, and they will hear? behold, their ear being uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah was to them for a reproach; they will not delight in it

Ezekiel 12:2

Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.

Zechariah 7:11

And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.

More verses: Matthew 13:15 Acts 28:26

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