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Isaiah 48:4
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Isaiah 48:4
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4 Because I knew that you were [a]obstinate,
And (A)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
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- Isaiah 48:4 Heb. hard
Isaiah 48:4
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Isaiah 48:4
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Acts 7:51
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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
Acts 7:51
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Acts 7:51
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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
Exodus 32:9
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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
Exodus 32:9
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Exodus 32:9
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9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(A) people.
Zechariah 7:11-12
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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
Zechariah 7:11-12
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Zechariah 7:11-12
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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)
Proverbs 29:1
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Proverbs 29:1
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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.
Proverbs 29:1
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Proverbs 29:1
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Romans 2:5
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Romans 2:5
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5 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,
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- Romans 2:5 unrepentant
- Romans 2:5 storing
Romans 2:5
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Romans 2:5
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5 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.
Ezekiel 3:4-9
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Ezekiel 3:4-9
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4 Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, (A)had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, (B)because they will not listen to Me; (C)for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 (D)Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; (E)do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
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- Ezekiel 3:7 Lit. strong of forehead
Ezekiel 3:4-9
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Ezekiel 3:4-9
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4 He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.(A) 5 You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,(B) but to the people of Israel— 6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.(C) 7 But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(D) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(E) 8 But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(F) 9 I will make your forehead(G) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(H) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(I)”
Deuteronomy 31:27
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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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Deuteronomy 31:27
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Deuteronomy 31:27
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27 For I know how rebellious(A) and stiff-necked(B) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!
Jeremiah 19:15
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Jeremiah 19:15
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15 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because (A)they have stiffened their necks that they might not hear My words.’ ”
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Jeremiah 19:15
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Jeremiah 19:15
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15 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster(A) I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked(B) and would not listen(C) to my words.’”
Jeremiah 5:3
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Jeremiah 5:3
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3 O Lord, are not (A)Your eyes on the truth?
You have (B)stricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But (C)they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.
Psalm 75:5
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Psalm 75:5
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5 Do not lift up your horn on high;
Do not speak with [a]a stiff neck.’ ”
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- Psalm 75:5 Insolent pride
Psalm 75:5
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Psalm 75:5
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5 Do not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak so defiantly.(A)’”
2 Chronicles 36:13
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2 Chronicles 36:13
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13 And he also (A)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (B)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 36:13
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2 Chronicles 36:13
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13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath(A) in God’s name. He became stiff-necked(B) and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Daniel 5:20
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Daniel 5:20
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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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Daniel 5:20
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Daniel 5:20
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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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