John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

Cross References (39)

  • Isaiah 6:10 (52)

    Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their ey

  • Matthew 13:13–15 (25)

    This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand

  • Luke 8:10 (18)

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parabl

  • Mark 4:12 (14)

    so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might t

  • Isaiah 57:18–19 (11)

    I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

  • Isaiah 29:10 (10)

    For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads,

  • Hosea 6:1 (10)

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind

  • John 9:39 (9)

    Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become b

  • Ezekiel 12:2 (9)

    “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hea

  • Acts 3:19 (9)

    Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

  • Matthew 15:14 (9)

    Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

  • Joshua 11:20 (9)

    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destructio

  • Mark 8:17–18 (9)

    Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or unde

  • Romans 11:7–11 (9)

    What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

  • Deuteronomy 29:4 (9)

    Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

  • Psalms 147:3 (9)

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

  • Jeremiah 3:22 (9)

    “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD o

  • Luke 4:18 (9)

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim

  • Hosea 14:4 (9)

    I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

  • Isaiah 42:19–20 (8)

    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind li

  • Psalms 6:2 (8)

    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

  • Acts 28:26 (8)

    ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiv

  • Romans 9:18 (8)

    Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

  • Psalms 41:4 (8)

    I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

  • Ezekiel 14:9 (8)

    But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand

  • Jeremiah 5:21 (8)

    “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Exodus 14:17 (7)

    And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pha

  • Exodus 14:8 (7)

    And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defian

  • Mark 6:52 (7)

    for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.

  • James 5:19–20 (7)

    My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

  • Isaiah 26:11 (7)

    O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The

  • Exodus 7:13 (7)

    Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

  • Acts 15:3 (7)

    Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles an

  • Exodus 14:4 (7)

    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his arm

  • Exodus 4:21 (7)

    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have p

  • Exodus 7:3 (7)

    But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

  • Isaiah 53:5 (6)

    But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was u

  • 1 Kings 22:20 (4)

    And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another tha

  • Psalms 135:10–18 (4)

    He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings: