Romans 11:8

New Century Version

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.”

Cross References

2 Kings 17:34

Even today they do as they did in the past. They do not worship the Lord nor obey his rules and commands. They do not obey the teachings or the commands of the Lord, which he gave to the children of Jacob, whom he had named Israel.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations honored the Lord but also worshiped their idols, and their children and grandchildren still do as their ancestors did.

Isaiah 29:10

The Lord has made you go into a deep sleep. He has closed your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.) He has covered your heads. (The seers are your heads.)

Isaiah 6:9

Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.’

Jeremiah 5:21

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.

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.

Ezekiel 20:26

I let the Israelites make themselves unclean by the gifts they brought to their gods when they sacrificed their first children in the fire. I wanted to terrify them so they would know that I am the Lord.’

Luke 8:10

Jesus said, “You have been chosen to know the secrets about the kingdom of God. But I use stories to speak to other people so that: ‘They will look, but they may not see. They will listen, but they may not understand.’

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,

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.