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 said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God.
Jeremiah 4:22
For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to do evil,
But to do good they do not know.”
Jeremiah 8:7
“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons;
And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time of their migration;
But My people do not know
The ordinance of the Lord.
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is wood!
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.
Deuteronomy 32:6
“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has bought you?
He has made you and established you.
Psalm 94:8
Pay heed, you senseless among the people;
And when will you understand, stupid ones?
Isaiah 6:9
He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of discernment,
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Isaiah 44:18
They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.
Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.
Matthew 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and be converted and I heal them.”
Acts 28:26
saying,
Go to this people and say,
You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;
And you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;
Romans 11:8
just as it is written,
God gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,
Down to this very day.”

Understanding

Proverbs 17:16
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?
Hosea 7:11
So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

General references

Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,
And the deaf, even though they have ears.
Matthew 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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