19 Bible Verses about Spiritual Deafness

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

Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."

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.

"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

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

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.'

"'Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.

And you returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD did not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the LORD? He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,read more.
so that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven."

he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.