Bible Cross References
We cannot tell
Matthew 15:14
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."
Matthew 16:3
And early in the morning you say, 'It is going to rain, because the sky is red and dark.' You can predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these times!
Matthew 23:16-28
16
"How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, 'If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.'
17
Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
18
You also teach, 'If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.'
19
How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?
20
So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;
21
and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;
22
and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.
23
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
24
Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel!
25
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.
26
Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!
27
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.
28
In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.
Isaiah 6:10
Then he said to me, "Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed."
Isaiah 28:9
They complain about me. They say, "Who does that man think he's teaching? Who needs his message? It's only good for babies that have just stopped nursing!
Isaiah 29:10-12
10
The LORD has made you drowsy, ready to fall into a deep sleep. The prophets should be the eyes of the people, but God has blindfolded them.
11
The meaning of every prophetic vision will be hidden from you; it will be like a sealed scroll. If you take it to someone who knows how to read and ask him to read it to you, he will say he can't because it is sealed.
12
If you give it to someone who can't read and ask him to read it to you, he will answer that he doesn't know how.
Isaiah 42:19
Is anyone more blind than my servant, more deaf than the messenger I send?
Isaiah 42:20
Israel, you have seen so much, but what has it meant to you? You have ears to hear with, but what have you really heard?"
Isaiah 56:10
He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
Isaiah 56:11
They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.
Jeremiah 8:7-9
7
Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.
8
How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.
9
Your wise men are put to shame; they are confused and trapped. They have rejected my words; what wisdom do they have now?
Malachi 2:6-9
6
They taught what was right, not what was wrong. They lived in harmony with me; they not only did what was right themselves, but they also helped many others to stop doing evil.
7
It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
8
"But now you priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have broken the covenant I made with you.
9
So I, in turn, will make the people of Israel despise you because you do not obey my will, and when you teach my people, you do not treat everyone alike."
Luke 20:7
So they answered, "We don't know where it came from."
Luke 20:8
And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things."
John 9:30
The man answered, "What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness!
John 9:40
Some Pharisees who were there with him heard him say this and asked him, "Surely you don't mean that we are blind, too?"
John 9:41
Jesus answered, "If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty."
Romans 1:18-22
18
God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known.
19
God punishes them, because what can be known about God is plain to them, for God himself made it plain.
20
Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made. So those people have no excuse at all!
21
They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.
22
They say they are wise, but they are fools;
Romans 1:28-22
2 Corinthians 4:3
For if the gospel we preach is hidden, it is hidden only from those who are being lost.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.