Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this,
you foolish and senseless people.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.

Isaiah 6:9-10

And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?

John 12:40

He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.

Acts 28:26

when He said,

Go to these people and say:
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.

Romans 11:8

as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

Deuteronomy 29:4

Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Psalm 94:8

Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 17:16

Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

Isaiah 44:18

Such people do not comprehend
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see,
and their minds so they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;
they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.

Matthew 13:13-15

For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

Mark 8:18

Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear? And do you not remember?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Understanding

General references

Bible References

O foolish

Jeremiah 5:4
Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.
Jeremiah 10:8
They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
Psalm 94:8
Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
Isaiah 6:9
And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Isaiah 44:18
Such people do not comprehend
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see,
and their minds so they cannot understand.
Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.
Acts 28:26
when He said,

Go to these people and say:
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.
Romans 11:8
as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

Understanding

Proverbs 17:16
Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?
Hosea 7:11
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;
they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.

General references

Isaiah 43:8
Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,
and are deaf, yet have ears.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

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