Acts 28:26-27
saying, 'Go to this people and say, "you will be ever hearing, but will never understand; and you will be ever seeing, but will never perceive.
John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you are not able to hear my word.
Ephesians 4:18
they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to the hardness of their heart;
Matthew 13:11-15
And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
John 12:38-40
that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
Romans 11:7-10
What then? Israel did not obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
2 Corinthians 3:15
Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2 Timothy 2:25
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God will grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
James 1:13-17
Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself does not tempt anyone.
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