Jeremiah 5:21

New Living Translation

Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?

Proverbs 17:16

It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no heart for learning.

Isaiah 27:11

The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

Isaiah 44:18

Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.

Jeremiah 10:8

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

Jeremiah 5:20

“Make this announcement to Israel, and say this to Judah:

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the Lord. They don’t want to listen at all.

Jeremiah 7:13

While you were doing these wicked things, says the Lord, I spoke to you about it repeatedly, but you would not listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know the Lord’s laws.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you live among rebels who have eyes but refuse to see. They have ears but refuse to hear. For they are a rebellious people.

Hosea 7:11

“The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves, first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.

Zechariah 7:11

“Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.

Mark 4:12

so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they see what I do, they will learn nothing. When they hear what I say, they will not understand. Otherwise, they will turn to me and be forgiven.’ ”

Mark 8:18

‘You have eyes—can’t you see? You have ears—can’t you hear?’ Don’t you remember anything at all?

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts— so that their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.”

Acts 28:26

‘Go and say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.

Romans 1:20

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

Romans 11:8

As the Scriptures say, “God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear.”

Deuteronomy 29:3

all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear!

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you?