Luke 20:7
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7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
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2 Peter 3:3
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3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, (A)walking according to their own lusts,
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2 Timothy 3:8-9
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8 (A)Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: (B)men of corrupt minds, (C)disapproved concerning the faith; 9 but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, (D)as theirs also was.
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
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10 and with all unrighteous deception among (A)those who perish, because they did not receive (B)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (C)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (D)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (E)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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John 9:39
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39 And Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I have come into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
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John 3:19-20
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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (B)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
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Malachi 2:7-9
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7 “For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (C)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(D)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (E)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (F)partiality in the law.”
Zechariah 11:17
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17 “Woe(A) to the worthless shepherd,
Who leaves the flock!
A sword shall be against his arm
And against his right eye;
His arm shall completely wither,
And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”
Zechariah 11:15
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15 And the Lord said to me, (A)“Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.
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Jeremiah 8:7-9
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7 “Even (A)the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But (B)My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(C)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 (D)The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So (E)what wisdom do they have?
Isaiah 44:18
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18 (A)They do not know nor understand;
For (B)He has [a]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot (C)understand.
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- Isaiah 44:18 Lit. smeared over
Isaiah 42:19-20
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19 (A)Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the Lord’s servant?
20 Seeing many things, (B)but you do not observe;
Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”
Isaiah 41:28
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28 (A)For I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Isaiah 29:14
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14 (A)Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
(B)For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
Isaiah 29:9-12
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The Blindness of Disobedience
9 Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(A)They are drunk, (B)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For (C)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (D)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (E)the seers.
11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a [a]book (F)that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.”
(G)And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 Then the book is delivered to one who [b]is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.”
And he says, “I am not literate.”
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- Isaiah 29:11 scroll
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit. does not know books
Isaiah 26:11
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11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, (A)they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For [a]their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
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- Isaiah 26:11 Or Your zeal for the people
Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 And He said, “Go, and (A)tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 “Make (B)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
(C)Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”
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