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Isa 42:20 — Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Seeing		Isa 1:3; Isa 48:6-8; Num 14:22; Deu 4:9; Deu 29:2-4; Neh 9:10-17; Psa 106:7-13; Psa 107:43; Jhn 9:37-40; Jhn 11:37-50
opening		Isa 58:2; Jer 42:2-5; Eze 33:31; Mar 6:19,20; Act 28:22-27

Correlating Passages

Seeing

	Isa 1:3	The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
	Isa 48:6	Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare [it]? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
	Isa 48:7	They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
	Isa 48:8	Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
	Num 14:22	Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
	Deu 4:9	Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
	Deu 29:2	And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
	Deu 29:3	The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
	Deu 29:4	Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
	Neh 9:10	And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.
	Neh 9:11	And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
	Neh 9:12	Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
	Neh 9:13	Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
	Neh 9:14	And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
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	Psa 106:7	Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
	Psa 106:8	Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
	Psa 106:9	He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
	Psa 106:10	And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
	Psa 106:11	And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
	Psa 106:12	Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
	Psa 106:13	They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
	Psa 107:43	Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
	Jhn 9:37	And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
	Jhn 9:38	And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
	Jhn 9:39	And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
	Jhn 9:40	And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
	Jhn 11:37	And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
	Jhn 11:38	Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
	Jhn 11:39	Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.
	Jhn 11:40	Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
	Jhn 11:41	Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
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	Isa 58:2	Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
	Jer 42:2	And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, [even] for all this remnant; (for we are left [but] a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
	Jer 42:3	That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
	Jer 42:4	Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare [it] unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
	Jer 42:5	Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
	Eze 33:31	And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.
	Mar 6:19	Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
	Mar 6:20	For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
	Act 28:22	But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
	Act 28:23	And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.
	Act 28:24	And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
	Act 28:25	And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
	Act 28:26	Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
	Act 28:27	For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 42:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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