Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible





'Though they have eyes, they may see without perceiving; And though they have ears, they may hear without understanding; Lest some day they should turn and be forgiven.' Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfTurning To GodNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingGod Not Forgiving

'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.' Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartInsensibilityStiffnecked PeoplePeople ConvertedGod BlindingNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingGod Hardening PeopleNo Healingbasketball

Brothers, for fear that you should think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only till the whole Gentile world has been gathered in. Verse ConceptsFulnessConceit, Description OfMysteryFullness Of The KingdomFalse WisdomGod Hardening PeopleSubdivisionsIsrael HardenedGentilesBlindnessIgnorance of GodTrust In RelationshipsPatience In RelationshipsBuilding RelationshipsWaiting Till Marriageignorance




That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand. And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says--'You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, And, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving,

But, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be! Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinBlindness, SymbolicSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfTemptation, Sources OfWorldly WisdomDamage To The BodyDarkness Of EvilEvil EyesDarknessEyesSpiritual Darkness


The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked. For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;