Bible Cross References
the understanding
Psalm 74:20
Look upon Your covenant; for the dark [places] of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
Psalm 115:4-8
4
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
5
They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see;
6
they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell;
7
they have hands, but they cannot handle; they have feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot speak through their throat.
8
Let those that make them become like them, and all who trust in them.
Isaiah 44:18-20
18
They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.
19
And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on its coals and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
20
Know that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul; see, you will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.
Isaiah 46:5-8
5
To whom have you compared Me? See [and] consider, you that go astray.
6
They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make idols, and bow down, and worship them.
7
They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it cannot move; and whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot hear; it cannot save him from trouble.
8
[Therefore r]emember these things, and groan; repent, you that have gone astray, return in your heart;
Acts 17:30
So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,
Acts 26:17
delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
Romans 1:21-23
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Because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, or give thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
22
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
Romans 1:28-23
1 Corinthians 1:21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.
2 Corinthians 4:4
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.
Galatians 4:8
But at one time indeed, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature were not gods.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
alienated
Ephesians 2:12
that at that time you were apart from Christ, being estranged from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope and atheists in the world.
Romans 8:7
Therefore the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not submit to the law of God, nor indeed can it.
Romans 8:8
And those that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Galatians 4:8
But at one time indeed, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature were not gods.
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
James 4:4
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is constituted an enemy of God.
because
Romans 1:21
Because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, or give thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
Romans 2:19
and are persuaded that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,
1 John 2:11
But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
blindness
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and [his] honor was taken from him.
Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn back, that I should heal them.'
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them."
Romans 11:25
For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.