34 Bible Verses about Refusing To Hear

To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the LORD is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.

For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the LORD, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.

You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,

saying, 'Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever.

Yet you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, that you might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.

The command that Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons, to drink no wine, has been kept, and they drink none to this day, for they have obeyed their father's command. I have spoken to you persistently, but you have not listened to me.

The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command that their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.

But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD;

They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers.

Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

because they did not pay attention to my words, declares the LORD, that I persistently sent to you by my servants the prophets, but you would not listen, declares the LORD.'

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.

just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'

He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not."

But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.

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.'

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."

But to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.

and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Because they do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.

I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, 'I will not listen.' This has been your way from your youth, that you have not obeyed my voice.

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD."

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.'

When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"