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Isaiah 6:9-10
And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.Make the minds of these people dull; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.
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2 Corinthians 4 3-2 Corinthians 4 4
But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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John 12:39-40
This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
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Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.
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Psalms 81:12
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.
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John 5:44
How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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Proverbs 2:5-9
then you will understand the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrityso that he may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of his faithful followers.Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity— every good path.
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2 Thessalonians 2 9-2 Thessalonians 2 12
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,so that all will be condemned— those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.
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Matthew 13:14-15
Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, but never understand; you will look and look, but never perceive.For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back— and I would heal them.
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John 8:43
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
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Romans 1:21-23
For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.Claiming to be wise, they became foolsand exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
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Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to sleep; he has shut your eyes( the prophets) and covered your heads( the seers).
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Romans 11:8-10
as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear, to this day.And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution to them.Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and their backs be bent continually.
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Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
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Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.”
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Proverbs 28:5
The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand everything.
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Romans 1:28
And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
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Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say,“ Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
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Acts 14:16
In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own way,
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Isaiah 45:20
“ Come, gather together, and approach, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols and pray to a god who cannot save have no knowledge.
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Psalms 92:6
A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this:
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Matthew 12:34
Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
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Isaiah 44:9
All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure benefits no one. Their witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame.
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Jeremiah 10:8
They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
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Isaiah 46:7-8
They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands; it does not budge from its place. They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer; it saves no one from his trouble.“ Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
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Jeremiah 10:14
Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.
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2 Peter 2 14
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
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Hosea 14:9
Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognize them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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Isaiah 56:11
These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own profit.