John 8:27
(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)
Isaiah 6:9
He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!'
Isaiah 42:18-20
"Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
Isaiah 59:10
We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.
John 8:43
Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
John 8:47
The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."
Romans 11:7-10
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,