19 Bible Verses about Spiritual Deafness
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And truly from the truth will they turn away the hearing, and be turned aside to fictions.
Make the heart of this people fat and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they shall see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and their heart shall understand and turn back and be healed to them.
To whom shall I speak and testify, and they will hear? behold, their ear being uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah was to them for a reproach; they will not delight in it
Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.
And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.
For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.
Saying, Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and ye should not perceive:
And ye will turn back and will weep before Jehovah; and Jehovah heard not to your voice and gave not ear to you.
To David. To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, my rock; thou wilt not be silent from me: lest thou wilt be silent from me and I was made like with them going down to the pit
And they seeking my soul will lay snares: and they seeking my evil spake mischief, and they will meditate deceits all the day,
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry; thou wilt not be silent at my tears, for I a sojourner with thee, a dweller, as all my fathers.
Who blind but my servant? and deaf as my messenger I shall send? who blind he being perfect? and blind as the servant of Jehovah? Seeing many things, and thou wilt not watch; opening the ears, and he will not bear.
And behold thee to them as song of loves of a fair voice, playing well an instrument: and they heard thy words and did them not
And he will say to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
The nations shall see and be ashamed from all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
And he said to them, He having ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable. And he said to them, To you has it been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to those without, all are in parables:read more.
That seeing they might see, and not know; and hearing they might hear, and not understand; lest they turn back, and their sins be remitted to them.
And he said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: and to the rest in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
And ye served there gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which shall not see, and shall not hear, and shall not eat, and shall not breathe.