Isaiah 44:18

They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

Psalm 81:12

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).

Jeremiah 10:8

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

Jeremiah 10:14

All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

Psalm 92:6

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

Proverbs 2:5-9

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.

Isaiah 1:3

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."

Isaiah 6:9-10

He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!'

Isaiah 44:9

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'

Isaiah 45:20

Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

Isaiah 46:7-8

They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.

Jeremiah 5:21

Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

Matthew 12:34

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

Matthew 13:14-15

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

John 5:44

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God?

John 8:43

Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

John 12:39-40

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

Acts 14:16

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

Romans 1:21-23

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

Romans 11:8-10

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Have not

Isaiah 44:9
All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
Isaiah 45:20
Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
Isaiah 46:7
They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.
Jeremiah 10:8
The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

For he hath

Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."
Isaiah 29:10
For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
Psalm 81:12
I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
Matthew 13:14
And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
Acts 14:16
In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,
Romans 1:28
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
Romans 11:8
as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."
2 Corinthians 4:3
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

Cannot

Isaiah 56:11
The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
Psalm 92:6
The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
Proverbs 2:5
then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.
Jeremiah 5:21
Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.
Matthew 12:34
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
John 5:44
How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God?
John 8:43
Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
John 12:39
For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,
2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

General references

Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
Matthew 24:39
And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

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