Isa 6:10, 28:9, 29:10-12, 42:19-20, 56:10-11, Mat 15:14, 16:3, 23:16-28 | ESV | STEP | Make the heart of this people dull , and their ears heavy , and blind their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes , and hear with their ears , and understand with their hearts , and turn and be healed .

Isaiah 6:10

10 ^aMake the heart of this people ^bdull, ^{▼▼Hebrew fat}
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
^dlest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 28:9

9 ^e“To whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from the milk,
those taken from the breast?

Isaiah 29:10-12

10 ^fFor the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is ^gsealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

Isaiah 42:19-20

19 Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one, ^{▼▼Or as the one at peace with me}
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 ⁱHe sees many things, but does not observe them;
^jhis ears are open, but he does not hear.

Isaiah 56:10-11

10 ^kHis watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent ^ldogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 ^mThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But ⁿthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
^oeach to his own gain, one and all.

Matthew 15:14

14 Let them alone; ^pthey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ^rif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 16:3

3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ^sYou know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret ^tthe signs of the times.

Matthew 23:16-28

16 “Woe to ^uyou, ^vblind guides, who say, ^w‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or ^xthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by ^ythe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^zthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by ^aahim who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by ^abheaven swears by ^acthe throne of God and by ^adhim who sits upon it.

23 ^ae“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^afyou tithe mint and dill and ^agcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^ahjustice and mercy and faithfulness. ^aiThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ^aja camel!

25 ^ak“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^alyou clean the outside of ^amthe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ^angreed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^aothe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

27 ^ap“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^aqwhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and ^arall uncleanness. 28 So you also ^asoutwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^athypocrisy and lawlessness.