27 Bible Verses about Unhearing

They have ears but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.

They have ears but cannot hear;
indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.

There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,
and are deaf, yet have ears.

This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’

that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.

Dull the minds of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.

Hear this,
you foolish and senseless people.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.

“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand. Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.

For this people’s heart has grown callous;
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn back—
and I would cure them.

Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear? And do you not remember?

I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.

I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.

Have you not heard?
I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.
I have now brought it to pass,
and you have crushed fortified cities
into piles of rubble.

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

Get out of the way!
Leave the pathway.
Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”

There is no speech; there are no words;
their voice is not heard.

Nations will see and be ashamed
of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.

For I assure you: Many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.”

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

but, as it is written:

Those who were not told about Him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.

But as it is written:

What eye did not see and ear did not hear,
and what never entered the human mind—
God prepared this for those who love Him.

When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he reported the exact words to them the king had commanded, and they quit speaking with him because nothing had been heard.