Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? ([Amos 3 : 6].)
Therefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live. ([Ezek. 20 : 25].)
God Gives Freely to those who Ask.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. ([James 1 : 5].)
For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth. ([Luke 11 : 10].)
God Withholds his Blessings and Prevents their Reception.
He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. ([John 12 : 40].)
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor. ([Josh. 11 : 20].)
0 Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways and hardened our heart? ([Is. 63 : 17].)