8 Bible Verses about Refusing To Hear

And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and, with one consent, rushed upon him,

Of him we have many things to say, and difficult to be explained, if we do say them, since you are slow in understanding.

For the heart of this people has become fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should restore them to health.

as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.

and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to fables.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching, but according to their own desires they will pro cure for themselves an abundance of teachers to gratify their itching ears:

For the heart of this people has become fat; and with their ears they hear heavily; and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn to me, and I should give them health.

Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard him, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it?