Isaiah 44:18-20
18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an aabomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 bHe feeds on cashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not da lie in my right hand?”Jeremiah 13:23
23 eCan the Ethiopian change his skinor fthe leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
who are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 12:34
34 gYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, hwhen you are evil? iFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.John 5:44
44How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and jdo not seek the glory that comes from kthe only God?John 6:65
65And he said, “This is why I told you lthat no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”John 8:43
43 mWhy do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot nbear to hear my word.John 12:37-40
37Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 oso that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:p“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39Therefore they qcould not believe. For again Isaiah said,
40 r“He has blinded their eyes
and shardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
and understand with their heart, and turn,
and I would heal them.”
Romans 8:7-8
7For the mind that is set on the flesh is thostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; uindeed, it cannot. 8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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