Hebrews 5:11

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;

People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

You will mention the message from Yahweh no more: for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies, our God.

You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again; and I would heal them.’

he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

So you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”

A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.

O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.

To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’

Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand; but those who are wise will understand.

I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.

If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”

He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.