Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Their ear
The word
Delight
Bible References
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Matthew 3:7
When, however, John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to receive his baptism, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?
Colossians 1:28
This is the Christ whom we proclaim, warning every one, and instructing every one, with all the wisdom that we possess, in the hope of bringing every one into God's presence perfected by union with Christ.
Hebrews 11:7
It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.
Their ear
Acts 7:51
O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
The word
Luke 11:45
Here one of the Students of the Law interrupted him by saying: "Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also."
Luke 20:19
After this the Teachers of the Law and the Chief Priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
John 9:40
Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: "Then are we blind too?"
2 Timothy 4:3
For a time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will follow their own wishes, and, in their itching for novelty, procure themselves a crowd of teachers.
Delight
Romans 7:22
At heart I delight in the Law of God;