32 Bible Verses about Dullness
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A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
And none calls to mind, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yea, I have also baked bread upon the coals of it. I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And shall I make the residue of it
Son of man, thou dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
Ye hypocrites, ye know how to examine the face of the earth and the sky, but how can ye not examine this season?
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.
For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing. For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike.read more.
But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.
For this people's heart was made fat, and they hear heavily with the ears. And they shut their eyes, lest they may perceive with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should turn, and I would heal the
They know not, nor do they understand. They walk to and fro in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
But they know not the thoughts of LORD, nor do they understand his counsel, for he has gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.
without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.
Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of thy loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.
When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off. The women shall come, and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion upon them, and he who formed them
And all vision has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to a man who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.
How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.
And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke.
Jesus says to him, Have I been so long a time with you, and thou do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. And how can thou say, Show us the Father?
The Jews therefore said, This temple was forty-six years being built, and will thou raise it up in three days?
Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be begotten, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's belly, and be born?
The woman says to him, Sir, thou have not even a container, and the well is deep. From where then have thou the living water?
But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said to each other, Did any man bring him to eat?
His disciples therefore said, Lord, if he has become asleep, he will be healed. But Jesus had spoken about his death, but those men thought that he was speaking about the restfulness of sleep.
I am the living bread, having come down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he will live into the age. And also, the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
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Dullness » Condemned
And none calls to mind, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yea, I have also baked bread upon the coals of it. I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And shall I make the residue of it
Son of man, thou dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Ye hypocrites, ye know how to examine the face of the earth and the sky, but how can ye not examine this season?
Dullness » Of israel
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.
And all vision has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to a man who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.
Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of thy loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off. The women shall come, and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion upon them, and he who formed them
Dullness » General examples of
without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.
They know not, nor do they understand. They walk to and fro in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
But they know not the thoughts of LORD, nor do they understand his counsel, for he has gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.
For this people's heart was made fat, and they hear heavily with the ears. And they shut their eyes, lest they may perceive with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should turn, and I would heal the
Dullness » Of the disciples
How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke.
Jesus says to him, Have I been so long a time with you, and thou do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. And how can thou say, Show us the Father?
But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.