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Greek

5186. tuphloo -- to blind, to make blind
... from 5187 , "having a cloudy perspective," see dictionary) -- properly, blowing
smoke which causes (spiritual) blindness, ie experiencing "clouded vision." See ...
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4656. skotoo -- to darken
... or met.) I darken. Cognate: 4656 -- to darken; (figuratively) to produce a of
moral, spiritual darkness (obscurity, blindness). See 4654 (). ...
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5187. tuphoo -- to be conceited, foolish
... up the air; (figuratively) having a cloudy (muddled) mind-set, ie moral blindness
resulting from poor judgment which brings further loss of spiritual perception ...
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Topical Bible Verses

2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them.
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Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
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Romans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
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Library

Spiritual Blindness.
... XVI. SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS. ... So the blindness that happened to Israel, and arrested
their spiritual growth, may be happening no less to any of us. ...
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Whether God is the Cause of Spiritual Blindness and Hardness of ...
... OF THE EXTERNAL CAUSES OF SIN (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether God is the cause
of spiritual blindness and hardness of heart? Objection 1 ...
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What are Evidences of Backsliding in Heart.
... 25. Spiritual blindness is another evidence of a backslidden heart. While
the eye is single the whole body will be full of spiritual ...
/.../finney/the backslider in heart/iii what are evidences of.htm

Miracles of Healing
... And while the blindness is primarily in regard to spiritual and religious truths,
it is not confined to these, but wherever spiritual blindness has fallen, the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/miracles of healing.htm

But Nevertheless, in These Condemners of Rabbinic Blindness, St. . ...
... If it now be asked, whence, or from what, comes all this spiritual blindness, which
from age to age thus mistakes and defeats all the gracious designs of God ...
/.../address 160 0 0 but nevertheless in.htm

Whether Blindness and Hardness of Heart are Directed to the ...
... related by Augustine (De Quaest. Evang. iii). Therefore God turns all blindness
to the spiritual welfare of those who are blinded. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether blindness and hardness of.htm

Whether Blindness of Mind and Dulness of Sense Arise from Sins of ...
... Therefore blindness of mind and dulness of sense are caused by spiritual rather
than by carnal vices. On the contrary, Gregory says (Moral. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether blindness of mind and.htm

Sin is Spiritual Slavery
... itself of an unforced act of self-will, and therefore is as truly guilt as any other
result or product of self-will,"as spiritual blindness, or spiritual ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/sin is spiritual slavery.htm

"Two Manners of Sickness that we Have: Impatience, or Sloth ...
... I speak of such men and women as for God's love hate sin and dispose themselves
to do God's will: then by our spiritual blindness and bodily heaviness we are ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter lxxiii two manners of.htm

Whether Dulness of Sense is a Sin Distinct from Blindness of Mind?
... dulness of sense in connection with understanding denotes a certain weakness of
the mind as to the consideration of spiritual goods; while blindness of mind ...
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