Hebrews 3:8
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8 don’t harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled,
when they tested me in the wilderness.
Exodus 17:7
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7 Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord here with us or not?”
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Matthew 13:15
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15 For the hearts of these people are hardened,
and their ears cannot hear,
and they have closed their eyes—
so their eyes cannot see,
and their ears cannot hear,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and let me heal them.’[a]
Footnotes
- 13:14-15 Isa 6:9-10 (Greek version).
Hebrews 3:12-13
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12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters.[a] Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. 13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
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- 3:12 Greek brothers.
Daniel 5:20
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20 But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
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Ezekiel 3:7-9
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7 But the people of Israel won’t listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn. 8 But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are. 9 I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So don’t be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are rebels.”
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Proverbs 28:14
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14 Blessed are those who fear to do wrong,[a]
but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.
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- 28:14 Or those who fear the Lord; Hebrew reads those who fear.
1 Corinthians 10:9
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9 Nor should we put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.
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- 10:9 Some manuscripts read the Lord.
Romans 2:5-6
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5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 He will judge everyone according to what they have done.
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Acts 19:9
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9 But some became stubborn, rejecting his message and publicly speaking against the Way. So Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. Then he held daily discussions at the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
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Zechariah 7:11-12
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11 “Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing. 12 They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the Lord of Heaven’s Armies was so angry with them.
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Jeremiah 7:26
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26 But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful—even worse than their ancestors.
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Proverbs 29:1
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29 Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism
will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery.
Psalm 106:14
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14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
Psalm 78:56
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56 But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
They did not obey his laws.
Psalm 78:18
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18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
Job 9:4
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4 For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Nehemiah 9:16
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16 “But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
2 Chronicles 36:13
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13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God’s name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 30:8
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8 Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the Lord. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the Lord your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.
2 Kings 17:14
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14 But the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to believe in the Lord their God.
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1 Samuel 6:6
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6 Don’t be stubborn and rebellious as Pharaoh and the Egyptians were. By the time God was finished with them, they were eager to let Israel go.
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Deuteronomy 9:22-24
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22 “You also made the Lord angry at Taberah,[a] Massah,[b] and Kibroth-hattaavah.[c] 23 And at Kadesh-barnea the Lord sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him. 24 Yes, you have been rebelling against the Lord as long as I have known you.
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- 9:22a Taberah means “place of burning.” See Num 11:1-3.
- 9:22b Massah means “place of testing.” See Exod 17:1-7.
- 9:22c Kibroth-hattaavah means “graves of gluttony.” See Num 11:31-34.
Deuteronomy 6:16
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16 You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
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Numbers 14:22-23
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22 not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice. 23 They will never even see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have treated me with contempt will ever see it.
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