Acts 7:51
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Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You (A)stiff-necked[a] and (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
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- Acts 7:51 stubborn
Deuteronomy 10:16
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16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your (A)heart, and be (B)stiff-necked[a] no longer.
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- Deuteronomy 10:16 rebellious
Leviticus 26:41
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41 and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies;
if their (A)uncircumcised hearts are (B)humbled, and they (C)accept their guilt—
Jeremiah 4:4
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4 (A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”
Isaiah 63:10
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10 But they (A)rebelled and (B)grieved His Holy Spirit;
(C)So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.
Ephesians 4:30
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30 And (A)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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Exodus 33:5
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5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your [a]ornaments, that I may (A)know what to do to you.’ ”
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- Exodus 33:5 jewelry
Exodus 32:9
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9 And the Lord said to Moses, (A)“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a [a]stiff-necked people!
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- Exodus 32:9 stubborn
Philippians 3:3
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3 For we are (A)the circumcision, (B)who worship [a]God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
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- Philippians 3:3 NU, M in the Spirit of God
Exodus 33:3
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3 Go up (A)to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest (B)I [a]consume you on the way, for you are a (C)stiff-necked[b] people.”
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- Exodus 33:3 destroy
- Exodus 33:3 stubborn
Acts 6:10
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10 And (A)they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
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Jeremiah 6:10
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10 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
That they may hear?
Indeed their (A)ear is uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, (B)the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.
Psalm 78:8
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8 And (A)may not be like their fathers,
(B)A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation (C)that did not [a]set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
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- Psalm 78:8 Lit. prepare its heart
Colossians 2:11
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Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
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- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
Romans 2:28-29
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28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew (B)who is one inwardly; and (C)circumcision is that of the heart, (D)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (E)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.
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- Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.
Romans 2:25
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Circumcision of No Avail
25 (A)For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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Acts 7:39
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39 whom our fathers (A)would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,
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Acts 7:27
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27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, (A)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
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Acts 7:9
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The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 (A)“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, (B)sold Joseph into Egypt. (C)But God was with him
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Ezekiel 44:9
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9 Thus says the Lord God: (A)“No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.
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Ezekiel 44:7
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Nehemiah 9:30
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30 Yet for many years You had patience with them,
And [a]testified (A)against them by Your Spirit (B)in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen;
(C)Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
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- Nehemiah 9:30 admonished or warned them
Deuteronomy 31:27
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27 (A)for I know your rebellion and your (B)stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death?
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Matthew 23:31-33
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31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (A)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (C)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?
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- Matthew 23:33 offspring
Zechariah 7:11-12
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11 “But they refused to heed, (A)shrugged[a] their shoulders, and (B)stopped[b] their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their (C)hearts like flint, (D)refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. (E)Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
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- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy
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