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Matthew 13:14
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;

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Exodus 4:21
Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.

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Psalms 69:23
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.

Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 16:17
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 8:15
Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

John 3:19
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.

John 9:39
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

John 12:37
But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,

Romans 1:17
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

1 Corinthians 2:14
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Ephesians 1:18
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Hebrews 5:11
About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

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Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.

Job 28:28
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalms 53:4
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?

Psalms 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Proverbs 1:29
because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

Isaiah 29:14
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

Jeremiah 10:8
But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

Romans 3:11
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

2 Corinthians 4:3
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,

2 Peter 3:5
For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,

1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

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Matthew 4:15
“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

Matthew 4:16
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”

Matthew 13:1
On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.

Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Mark 4:10
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

John 10:6
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.

John 16:25
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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