John 8:43 Why
do ye not understand my speech? [
even] because
ye cannot hear my word.
John 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [
them] not, because ye are not of God.
Isaiah 6:9 And he said,
Go, and tell this people,
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Isaiah 42:18-
20 Hear,
ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. ...
Seeing many things, but thou observest not;
opening the ears, but he heareth not.
Isaiah 59:10 We
grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [
we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [
we are]
in desolate places as dead [
men].
Romans 11:7-
10 What then?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;
but the election hath obtained it,
and the rest were
blinded ... Let
their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,
and bow down their back alway.
2 Corinthians 4:3-
4 But if
our gospel be hid,
it is hid to them that are lost: ... In whom
the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
the image of God, should
shine unto them.
