Isaiah 6:9
He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'
Mark 4:12
So that seeing they may see and not perceive. And hearing they may hear and not understand. Otherwise they might repent and be forgiven.
Luke 8:10
He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.
Matthew 13:14-15
The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. 'By hearing, you shall hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive.
Romans 11:8
It is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear to this very day. (Deuteronomy 29:4)
Isaiah 43:8
Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still have ears.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.
Acts 28:26-27
He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see.
Exodus 32:7-10
Jehovah said to Moses: Go down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
Isaiah 29:13
These people praise me with their words, said Jehovah, but they never draw near to me in their hearts (deepest thoughts). Their reverence for me comes from the repetitious tradition of men.
Isaiah 30:8-11
Write this on a tablet for them, and inscribe it in a book so that it will be there in the future as a permanent witness.
Isaiah 44:18-20
They do not know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut and cannot see. Their minds are closed and therefore they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 15:1-2
Jehovah said to me: I would not feel sorry for these people, even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me. Send them away from my presence, and let them go.
Hosea 1:9
Jehovah said: Name him Loammi for you are not my people, and I am not your God.