33 Bible Verses about Dullness
Most Relevant Verses
And none thinks within his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see and see not. They have ears to hear and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
Hypocrites! You know to discern the face of the heaven and the earth, but how is it that you do not discern this time?
of whom we have much to say, and hard to be explained since you are dull of hearing.
for this people's heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
of whom we have much to say, and hard to be explained since you are dull of hearing. For indeed because of the time, you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again what are the first principles of the oracles of God. And you have become in need of milk, and not of solid food. For everyone partaking of milk is unskillful in the Word of Righteousness, for he is an infant.read more.
But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, even those who because of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
They neither know nor will understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
But they do not know the plans of Jehovah, nor do they understand His counsel. For He has gathered them like the sheaf to the floor.
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not; nor do they understand.
undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
ever learning and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
For they are a nation without wisdom, neither is there any understanding in them.
Our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
When its branches are dried up, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore His Maker will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will not favor them.
And the vision of all has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one who knows books saying, Please read this; and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.
For My people are foolish; they have not known Me; they are stupid sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about loaves, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
But they did not understand this, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it. And they feared to ask Him of this word.
And they did not understand any of these things. And this saying was hidden from them, nor did they know the things which were spoken.
And He said to them, O fools and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets spoke!
Jesus said to him, Have I been with you such a long time and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. And how do you say, Show us the Father?
Then the Jews said, This temple was forty-six years building, and will you rear it up in three days?
Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born?
The woman said to Him, Sir, you have no vessel, and the well is deep. From where then do you have that living water?
But He said to them, I have food to eat which you do not know. Therefore the disciples said to one another, No one brought Him anything to eat?
Then His disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps, he will get well. But Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He had spoken of taking rest in sleep.
I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he shall live forever. And truly the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Then the Jews argued with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
From Thematic Bible
Dullness » Condemned
And none thinks within his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see and see not. They have ears to hear and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
Hypocrites! You know to discern the face of the heaven and the earth, but how is it that you do not discern this time?
Dullness » Of israel
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
And the vision of all has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one who knows books saying, Please read this; and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.
For they are a nation without wisdom, neither is there any understanding in them.
Our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
When its branches are dried up, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore His Maker will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will not favor them.
Dullness » General examples of
undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
They neither know nor will understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
But they do not know the plans of Jehovah, nor do they understand His counsel. For He has gathered them like the sheaf to the floor.
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not; nor do they understand.
For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
Dullness » Of the disciples
How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about loaves, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
And He said to them, O fools and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets spoke!
Jesus said to him, Have I been with you such a long time and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. And how do you say, Show us the Father?
But they did not understand this, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it. And they feared to ask Him of this word.