27 Bible Verses about Unhearing

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and bronze, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.

Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return, and be healed.

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

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

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive:

For this people's heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Have you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you should lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?

Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

And the Father himself, who has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they ceased speaking with him; for the conversation had not been heard.