Cross references

Isaiah 44:18

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 BSB

Isaiah 44:18 has 29 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 29 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 6:9–10 (187 votes) and 2 Corinthians 4:3–4 (182 votes). 71 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Exodus 20 to Revelation 9.

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Which verses does Isaiah 44:18 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

  2. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

  3. For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: “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.”

  4. The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. …

  5. Jeremiah 5:21132 votes

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

  6. Psalm 81:12102 votes

    So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

  7. then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. …

  8. In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

  9. John 5:4476 votes

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

  10. For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, …

  11. John 8:4375 votes
  12. Isaiah 29:1065 votes
  13. Romans 1:2861 votes

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

  14. Daniel 12:1060 votes
  15. Isaiah 1:351 votes
  16. Isaiah 44:2045 votes

    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

  17. Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

  18. Isaiah 45:2043 votes

    Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

Which verses point to Isaiah 44:18?

The 10 strongest of 71.