Luke 19:42
saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Deuteronomy 32:29
I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."
Deuteronomy 5:29
If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.
Psalm 32:6
For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.
Psalm 95:7-8
For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
Isaiah 6:9-10
He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!'
Isaiah 29:10-14
For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
Isaiah 44:18
They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
Isaiah 48:18
If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
Ezekiel 18:31-32
Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?'
Matthew 13:14-15
And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
Luke 1:77-79
to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
Luke 2:10-14
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:
Luke 10:5-6
Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'May peace be on this house!'
Luke 19:44
They will demolish you -- you and your children within your walls -- and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
John 12:35-36
Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
John 12:38-41
so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
Acts 10:36
You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) --
Acts 13:46
Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 28:25-27
So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
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 3:14-16
But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,
2 Corinthians 6:1-2
Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
Hebrews 3:7
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.
Hebrews 3:15
As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."
Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,
Hebrews 12:24-26
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel's does.
Psalm 81:13
If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!