Hebrews 3:8
New Living Translation
8 don’t harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled,
when they tested me in the wilderness.
Proverbs 28:14
New Living Translation
14 Blessed are those who fear to do wrong,[a]
but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.
Footnotes
- 28:14 Or those who fear the Lord; Hebrew reads those who fear.
Exodus 17:7
New Living Translation
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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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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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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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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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
New Living Translation
18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
Hebrews 3:12-13
New Living Translation
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.
Matthew 13:15
New Living Translation
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).
Proverbs 29:1
New Living Translation
29 Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism
will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery.
Job 9:4
New Living Translation
4 For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
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