34 Bible Verses about Refusing To Hear

To whom can I speak and give warning that they may hear? Their ears are closed and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of Jehovah has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

This belt is tight around your waist, and that is how tightly I held onto the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. I wanted them to be my people. I wanted to make them famous, so that other nations would praise and honor me, but they refused to obey me.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ears. They stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.

Jehovah has sent all his servants the prophets to you. Yet, you have not listened or paid attention to them.

The prophets said: Turn from your evil ways and the evil you have done, and live in the land that Jehovah permanently gave to you and your ancestors.

You have not listened to me,' declares Jehovah. 'You have made me furious about the idols your hands have shaped. You have brought harm upon yourselves.'

Jonadab, Rechab's son, ordered his descendants not to drink wine. This order has been carried out. His descendants have not drunk any wine to this day, because they have obeyed their ancestor's order. I have spoken to you again and again, but you have refused to listen to me.

The descendants of Jonadab, Rechab's son, have carried out the orders of their ancestor, but you refuse to listen to me.'

But if you do not do what I say, I will take an oath on myself,' declares Jehovah, 'this palace will become a pile of rubble.'

These people are rebellious and deceitful children. They refuse to listen to Jehovah's Law.

They went back to the evil ways of their ancestors and refused to obey my words. They followed other gods and worshiped them. The nations of Israel and Judah have rejected the covenant that I made to their ancestors.

Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people as the fruit of their plans. This is because they have not listened to my words, and have rejected my law.

They did not listen to me,' says Jehovah. 'I sent them my servants the prophets again and again, but they refused to listen,' says Jehovah.

The people of Judah are evil and stubborn. They do not listen to me. They do whatever they want and even worship other gods. When I am finished with these people, they will be good for nothing, just like this linen belt.

This is according to all that you asked of Jehovah your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly. You said: Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God. Do not let me see this great fire anymore, or I will die.

Israel, you have seen so much, but what has it meant to you? You have ears to hear with, but what have you really heard?

have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn.

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear (pay attention). They walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart! Therefore I brought on them all the words of the covenant I commanded them to do. But they did not do it.'

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord.

Their poison is like the poison of a snake. It is like a deaf cobra that stops its ear.

They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

We have many things to say about him and it is hard to explain it to you, for you are dull of hearing (slow to learn).

These people have closed their mind and are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that their eyes never see. Their ears never hear. Their minds never understand. They never turn to me for healing.'

It is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear to this very day. (Deuteronomy 29:4)

To this very day Jehovah has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

They will turn their ears away from the truth, and turn aside to myths (fiction).

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine. Having their ears tickled, they will accumulate teachers who follow after their own lusts.

You hate discipline. You cast (throw) my words behind you.

Jehovah will tear them down and never build them up again. This is because they never consider what he has done or what his hands have made.

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

If you will not listen, I will cry secretly over your arrogance. I will cry bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears because Jehovah's flock will be taken captive.

However if any nation will not obey I will completely uproot it and destroy it. I, Jehovah, have spoken.

The heart of this people is callous and dull. Their ears are plugged. They cannot hear. They closed their eyes and cannot see. They cannot see nor hear nor understand with their heart. They should turn around and I would heal them.'

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