Quotes about Perception
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
— Isaiah 6:9
“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
— Isaiah 8:12
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
— Isaiah 11:3
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
— Isaiah 29:18
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
— Isaiah 32:3
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
— Isaiah 37:17
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
— Isaiah 40:21
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
— Isaiah 42:18
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
— Isaiah 42:20
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
— Isaiah 42:23
Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
— Isaiah 43:8
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
— Isaiah 44:18