5 Bible Verses about Spiritual Blindness, In Unbelievers

An unspiritual man does not accept the things that the Spirit of God teaches, for they are nonsense to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are appreciated by spiritual insight.

So the light continues to shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it.

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and asked Him, "We are not blind, are we?" Jesus answered them, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty, but now you keep on claiming, 'We can see'; so your sin remains."

This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.

So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.