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Romans 9:18
So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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2 Corinthians 4 4
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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Romans 11:25
I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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Romans 9:31-32
But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
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2 Thessalonians 2 10-2 Thessalonians 2 14
and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,so that all will be condemned— those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 11:5
In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.
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2 Corinthians 3 14
but their minds were hardened. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.
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1 Corinthians 10 19
What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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Romans 3:9
What then? Are we any better off? Not at all! For we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,
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Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
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Matthew 13:14-15
Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, but never understand; you will look and look, but never perceive.For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back— and I would heal them.
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Romans 10:3
Since they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
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Isaiah 6:10
Make the minds of these people dull; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.
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Romans 9:23
And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory on objects of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory—
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John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
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Romans 6:15
What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not!
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Philippians 1:18
What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice
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Isaiah 44:18
Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and their minds so they cannot understand.
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Luke 13:24
“ Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able
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Romans 8:28-30
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
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Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.
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Hebrews 12:17
For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance.
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1 Peter 1 2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and to be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.