27 Bible Verses about Unhearing

they have ears, but they do not hear; they have noses, but they do not smell;

they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and golden, and silver, and bronze, and stone, and wooden idols (which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk).

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

according to all that you desired of Jehovah your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, so that I do not die.

which will not listen to the charmer's voice, a skillful caster of spells.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back, and be healed.

Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not;

Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see and see not. They have ears to hear and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not; nor do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which said, "By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive;

for this people's heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

Do you have eyes and do not see? Do you have ears and do not hear? And do you not remember?

But like a deaf one, I do not hear; and I am like a dumb one who opens not his mouth.

And I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Have you not heard it from afar, I made it? From days of old I fashioned it! Now I have caused it to come; that you should make fortified cities desolate heaps of ruins.

Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?

go out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

There is no speech nor are there words; their voice is not heard.

The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might; they shall lay their hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear what you hear, and have not heard them.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen them, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard them.

And He sending Me, the Father Himself, has borne witness of Me. Neither have you heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape.

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without preaching?

but as it is written, "To whom nothing was said about Him, they shall see. And they who have not heard shall understand."

But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah and asked him. And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they quit speaking with him; for the matter was not known.