Bible Cross References
Who is blind
Isaiah 6:9
So he told me to go and give the people this message: "No matter how much you listen, you will not understand. No matter how much you look, you will not know what is happening."
Isaiah 29:9-14
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Go ahead and be stupid! Go ahead and be blind! Get drunk without any wine! Stagger without drinking a drop!
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The LORD has made you drowsy, ready to fall into a deep sleep. The prophets should be the eyes of the people, but God has blindfolded them.
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The meaning of every prophetic vision will be hidden from you; it will be like a sealed scroll. If you take it to someone who knows how to read and ask him to read it to you, he will say he can't because it is sealed.
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If you give it to someone who can't read and ask him to read it to you, he will answer that he doesn't know how.
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The Lord said, "These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.
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So I will startle them with one unexpected blow after another. Those who are wise will turn out to be fools, and all their cleverness will be useless."
Isaiah 56:10
He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
Jeremiah 4:22
The LORD says, "My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good."
Jeremiah 5:21
Pay attention, you foolish and stupid people, who have eyes, but cannot see, and have ears, but cannot hear.
Ezekiel 12:2
"Mortal man," he said, "you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they see nothing; they have ears, but they hear nothing, because they are rebellious.
Matthew 13:14
So the prophecy of Isaiah applies to them: 'This people will listen and listen, but not understand; they will look and look, but not see,
Matthew 13:15
because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.'
Matthew 15:14-16
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"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."
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Peter spoke up, "Explain this saying to us."
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Jesus said to them, "You are still no more intelligent than the others.
Matthew 23:16-24
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"How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, 'If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.'
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Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
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You also teach, 'If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.'
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How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?
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So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;
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and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;
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and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.
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"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
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Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel!
Mark 8:17
Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, "Why are you discussing about not having any bread? Don't you know or understand yet? Are your minds so dull?
Mark 8:18
You have eyes---can't you see? You have ears---can't you hear? Don't you remember
John 7:47-49
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"Did he fool you, too?" the Pharisees asked them.
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"Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him?
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This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
John 9:39
Jesus said, "I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind."
John 9:41
Jesus answered, "If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty."
John 12:40
"God has blinded their eyes and closed their minds, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not understand, and they would not turn to me, says God, for me to heal them."
Romans 2:17-23
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What about you? You call yourself a Jew; you depend on the Law and boast about God;
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you know what God wants you to do, and you have learned from the Law to choose what is right;
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you are sure that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,
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an instructor for the foolish, and a teacher for the ignorant. You are certain that in the Law you have the full content of knowledge and of truth.
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You teach others---why don't you teach yourself ? You preach, "Do not steal"---but do you yourself steal?
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You say, "Do not commit adultery"---but do you commit adultery? You detest idols---but do you rob temples?
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You boast about having God's law---but do you bring shame on God by breaking his law?
Romans 11:7-10
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What then? The people of Israel did not find what they were looking for. It was only the small group that God chose who found it; the rest grew deaf to God's call.
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As the scripture says, "God made their minds and hearts dull; to this very day they cannot see or hear."
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And David says, "May they be caught and trapped at their feasts; may they fall, may they be punished!
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May their eyes be blinded so that they cannot see; and make them bend under their troubles at all times."
Romans 11:25-10
2 Corinthians 3:14
Their minds, indeed, were closed; and to this very day their minds are covered with the same veil as they read the books of the old covenant. The veil is removed only when a person is joined to Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:15
Even today, whenever they read the Law of Moses, the veil still covers their minds.
2 Corinthians 4:4
They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.