13 Bible Verses about Not Believing People

For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

Now they argued to themselves, "[What are we to say?] If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why did you not believe him.'

Now they reasoned to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why did you not believe him?'

But you will be silent and unable to speak till the day this happens, because you have not believed what I told you; it will be accomplished, for all that, in due time."

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

If you will not believe when I speak to you about things on earth, how will you believe if I speak to you about things in heaven?

Now the Jews would not believe he had been born blind and had regained his sight, till they summoned the parents of the man who had regained his sight

and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste, leave Jerusalem quickly, for they will not accept your evidence about me.'

is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it;

If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;