John 8:43

God's Word

Why don’t you understand the language I use? Is it because you can’t understand the words I use?

Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Isaiah 44:18

They don’t know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut, so they can’t see. And their minds are closed, so they can’t understand.

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, “Go and tell these people, ‘No matter how closely you listen, you’ll never understand. No matter how closely you look, you’ll never see.’

Jeremiah 6:10

Whom can I speak to? Whom can I give a warning to? Who will listen? Their ears are plugged, and they aren’t able to pay attention. When the Lord speaks his word to them, they show contempt for it and object to it.

Hosea 14:9

Wise people will understand these things. A person with insight will recognize them. The Lord’s ways are right. Righteous people live by them. Rebellious people stumble over them.

Micah 4:12

They don’t know the thoughts of the Lord or understand his plan. He will bring them together like cut grain on the threshing floor.

Matthew 13:15

These people have become close-minded and hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that their eyes never see. Their ears never hear. Their minds never understand. And they never return to me for healing!’

John 5:25

“I can guarantee this truth: A time is coming (and is now here) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who respond to it will live.

John 5:43

I have come with the authority my Father has given me, but you don’t accept me. If someone else comes with his own authority, you will accept him.

John 6:60

When many of Jesus’ disciples heard him, they said, “What he says is hard to accept. Who wants to listen to him anymore?”

John 7:17

Those who want to follow the will of God will know if what I teach is from God or if I teach my own thoughts.

John 8:27

(The Jews didn’t know that he was talking to them about the Father.)

John 8:33

They replied to Jesus, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and we’ve never been anyone’s slaves. So how can you say that we will be set free?”

John 8:39

The Jews replied to Jesus, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus told them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did.

Acts 7:51

“How stubborn can you be? How can you be so heartless and disobedient? You’re just like your ancestors. They always opposed the Holy Spirit, and so do you!

Romans 3:11

No one understands. No one searches for God.