9 Bible Verses about Not Understanding God's Things

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Jesus said to them, "Does not this show that you are wrong, and do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.

Jesus answered, "You cannot understand now what I am doing, but you will learn by and by."

A material man will not accept what the Spirit of God offers. It seems mere folly to him, and he cannot understand it, because it takes spiritual insight to see its true value.

It is a wisdom unknown to any of the authorities of this world, for otherwise they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their minds were blinded.

But I ask again, did Israel fail to understand? Why, to begin with, Moses said, "I will make you jealous of what is no nation at all, I will exasperate you at a senseless nation."

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was using him as the means of delivering them, but they did not.