Acts 28:26-27
when he said, Go and tell this people, 'You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.'
John 8:43
Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.
Ephesians 4:18
their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.
Matthew 13:11-15
He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.
Romans 11:7-10
Now what are we to infer from this? That Israel has failed to secure the object of its quest; the elect have secured it, and the rest have been rendered insensible to it ??8 as it is written, God has given them a spirit of torpor, eyes that see not, ears that hear not ??down to this very day.
2 Corinthians 3:15
Yes, down to this day, whenever Moses is read aloud, the veil rests on their heart;
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them.
2 Timothy 2:25
he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;
James 1:13-17
Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.
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