33 Bible Verses about Dullness

The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:

No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"

"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

no one understands; no one seeks for God.

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.read more.
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

"For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'--in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."

And he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"

The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"