27 Bible Verses about Unhearing

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

They have ears, but they do not hear. There is no breath in their mouths.

You will serve gods that are the work of men's hands. Made of wood and stone. They cannot see, hear, eat or smell.

The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.

Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still have ears.

This is according to all that you asked of Jehovah your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly. You said: Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God. Do not let me see this great fire anymore, or I will die.

It does not listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

This people's heart has become calloused. They hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.(Septuagint)

Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.'

Son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear because they are rebellious people.

I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand. The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. 'By hearing, you shall hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive.

The heart of this people is callous and dull. Their ears are plugged. They cannot hear. They closed their eyes and cannot see. They cannot see nor hear nor understand with their heart. They should turn around and I would heal them.'

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

But I am like some one deaf and speechless.

I am like one who cannot hear and who can offer no arguments.

Have you not heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.

See what pours out of their mouths, swords from their lips! They think: Who will hear us?

Get out of our way! Stop blocking our path! Get the Holy One of Israel out of our sight.'

It is done without talking, without words, without their voices being heard.

The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might! They will cover their mouth with their hand and their ears will be deaf.

Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them. They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and could not hear them.

I tell you many prophets and kings desired to see the things you see and did not see them. To hear the things you hear and did not hear them.

The Father who sent me testifies about me. You have not heard his voice nor seen him at any time.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone to preach?

It is written, To whom he was not announced, they shall see: and those who have not heard shall understand. (Isaiah 52:15)

It is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, and it has not entered into the heart of man, the things God prepared for those who love him. (Isaiah 64:4)

Then all the officials came and questioned me. I told them exactly what the king had told me to say. There was nothing else they could do, because no one had overheard the conversation.