Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Do
Ye cannot
General references
Bible References
Do
John 8:27
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.
John 5:43
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.
John 7:17
If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.
John 12:39
This is why they could not believe: Isaiah also said,
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men don't understand justice, but whoever seeks the LORD understands it all.
Isaiah 44:18
They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.
Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things. Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right: the righteous follow his example, but the rebellious stumble in them.
Micah 4:12
But they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, and they don't understand his tactics, for he will gather them like harvested grain to his threshing floor.
Romans 3:11
No one understands. No one searches for God.
Ye cannot
John 6:60
When many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?"
Isaiah 6:9
"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it.
Acts 7:51
"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
Romans 8:7
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
General references
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day, the LORD hasn't given you a heart that understands, eyes that perceive, and ears that discern.
Matthew 16:11
How can you fail to understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"
Matthew 25:42
Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.
John 7:17
If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.
John 8:27
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.
John 16:9
of sin, because they don't believe in me;