Jeremiah 5:21

New Century Version

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. They have eyes, but they don’t really see. They have ears, but they don’t really listen.

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

You stupid ones among the people, pay attention. You fools, when will you understand?

Proverbs 17:16

It won’t do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom, because he doesn’t have the ability to be wise.

Isaiah 27:11

The limbs will become dry and break off, so women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand, so God will not comfort them; their Maker will not be kind to them.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring out the people who have eyes but don’t see and those who have ears but don’t hear.

Isaiah 44:18

Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their minds don’t understand.

Jeremiah 10:8

Those wise people are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden idols.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are stupid children; they don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Jeremiah 5:20

“Announce this message to the family of Jacob, and tell it to the nation of Judah:

Jeremiah 5:4

But I thought, “These are only the poor, foolish people. They have not learned the way of the Lord and what their God wants them to do.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom can I speak? Whom can I warn? Who will listen to me? The people of Israel have closed ears, so they cannot hear my warnings. They don’t like the word of the Lord; they don’t want to listen to it!

Jeremiah 7:13

You people of Judah have done all these evil things too, says the Lord. I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen to me. I called you, but you did not answer.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the birds in the sky know the right times to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But my people don’t know what the Lord wants them to do.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Human, you are living among a people who refuse to obey. They have eyes to see, but they do not see, and they have ears to hear, but they do not hear, because they are a people who refuse to obey.

Hosea 7:11

Israel has become like a pigeon— easy to fool and stupid. First they call to Egypt for help. Then they run to Assyria.

Zechariah 7:11

“But they refused to pay attention; they were stubborn and did not want to listen anymore.

Mark 4:12

so that: ‘They will look and look, but they will not learn. They will listen and listen, but they will not understand. If they did learn and understand, they would come back to me and be forgiven.’ ”

Mark 8:18

You have eyes, but you don’t really see. You have ears, but you don’t really listen. Remember when

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes, and he has closed their minds. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”

Acts 28:26

‘Go to this people and say: You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn,

Romans 1:20

There are things about him that people cannot see—his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.

Romans 11:8

As it is written in the Scriptures: “God gave the people a dull mind so they could not understand.” “He closed their eyes so they could not see and their ears so they could not hear. This continues until today.”

Deuteronomy 29:3

With your own eyes you saw the great troubles, signs, and miracles.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands; you don’t really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.

Deuteronomy 32:6

This is not the way to repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people. He is your Father and Maker, who made you and formed you.