19 Bible Verses about Spiritual Deafness

And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turned to myths.

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.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are not circumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the Word of Jehovah is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

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.

But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.

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."

saying, "Go to this people and say: Hearing you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and not perceive.

And you returned and wept before Jehovah. But Jehovah would not listen to your voice, nor give ear to you.

A Psalm of David. I will cry to You, O Jehovah; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

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

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is a hateful thing.

Who is blind but My servant? Or deaf, as My messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as Jehovah's servant? You see many things, but do not pay attention. Your ears are open, but not any hears.

And lo, you are to them as a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, and able to play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.

Again He said to me, Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the Word of Jehovah.

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

And He said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. And when He was alone, they who were about Him, with the Twelve, asked Him concerning the parable. And He said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside, all these things are given in parablesread more.
so that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

And He said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. But to others I speak in parables, so that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand.

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