Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,

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    do not harden your hearts(A)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,

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14 Happy is the man who is always reverent,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
    but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

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20 (A)But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.

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20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,(A) he was deposed from his royal throne(B) and stripped(C) of his glory.(D)

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So he called the name of the place (A)Massah[a] and [b]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [c]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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  1. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
  2. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
  3. Exodus 17:7 tested

And he called the place Massah[a](A) and Meribah[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

But the house of Israel will not listen to you, (A)because they will not listen to Me; (B)for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted. Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. (C)Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; (D)do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

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  1. Ezekiel 3:7 Lit. strong of forehead

But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(B) But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(C) I will make your forehead(D) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(E) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(F)

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12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but [a]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

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  1. Hebrews 3:13 encourage

12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(A) 13 But encourage one another daily,(B) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(C)

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15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears (A)are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have (B)closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I [a]should (C)heal them.’

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  1. Matthew 13:15 NU, M would

15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

26 (A)Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but (B)stiffened their neck. (C)They did worse than their fathers.

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26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention.(A) They were stiff-necked(B) and did more evil than their ancestors.’(C)

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nor let us [a]tempt Christ, as (A)some of them also tempted, and (B)were destroyed by serpents;

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 test

We should not test Christ,[a](A) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord

But in accordance with your hardness and your [a]impenitent heart (A)you are [b]treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who (B)“will render to each one according to his deeds”:

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  1. Romans 2:5 unrepentant
  2. Romans 2:5 storing

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

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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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(D) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(E) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(F)

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Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

29 He(A) who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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29 Whoever remains stiff-necked(A) after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed(B)—without remedy.(C)

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56 (A)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,

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56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

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