27 Bible Verses about Unhearing

They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.

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

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!

just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'

so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

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."

"Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.

"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.

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.

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.'

Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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

I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

"Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,

There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips-- for "Who," they think,"will hear us?"

leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

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

For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."

And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."

But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him"--

Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.