Acts 28:26-27
"'Go to this people and tell them, you will hear and hear, and by no means understand; and will look and look, and by no means see.
John 8:43
How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
Ephesians 4:18
with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives.
Matthew 13:11-15
"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.
John 12:38-40
in order that the words of Isaiah the Prophet might be fulfilled, "Lord, who has believed our preaching? And the arm of the Lord--to whom has it been unveiled?"
Romans 11:7-10
How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.
2 Corinthians 3:15
Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their hearts.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.
2 Timothy 2:25
He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth
James 1:13-17
Let no one say when passing through trial, "My temptation is from God;" for God is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
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