Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
Who is blind
General references
Bible References
Who is blind
Isaiah 6:9
"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isaiah 29:9
"Act stupid! Be astonished! Act blind, and be blind! Be drunk, but not from wine; stagger around, but not from strong drink.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."
Jeremiah 5:21
"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.
Ezekiel 12:2
"Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can't see, and ears to hear, but they can't hear, since they're a rebellious house.
Matthew 13:14
"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,
Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."
Matthew 23:16
"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'
Mark 8:17
Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened?
John 7:47
Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?
John 9:39
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."
Romans 2:17
Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,
Romans 11:7
What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.
2 Corinthians 3:14
However, their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil is still there when they read the old covenant. Only in union with the Messiah is that veil removed.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.
General references
Isaiah 43:8
"Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes, who are deaf, yet still have ears!
Matthew 13:13
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
John 8:27
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.