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Romans 8:7-8
The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
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John 5:43
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
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John 7:17
Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
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John 12:39-40
For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:“ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn— and I would heal them.”
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John 6:60
On hearing it, many of his disciples said,“ This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
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Jeremiah 6:10
To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
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John 8:27
They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.
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Hosea 14:9
Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
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Acts 7:51
“ You stiff- necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
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Proverbs 28:5
Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
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Isaiah 44:18
They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
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Micah 4:12
But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
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Isaiah 6:9
He said,“ Go and tell this people:“‘ Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
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Romans 3:11
there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.