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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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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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 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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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
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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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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Isaiah 46:12
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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
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 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
Jeremiah 7:26
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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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Jeremiah 3:3
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3 Therefore the (A)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a (B)harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.
2 Chronicles 30:8
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8 Now do not be (A)stiff-necked,[a] as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, (B)that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.
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- 2 Chronicles 30:8 Rebellious
2 Kings 17:14
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14 Nevertheless they would not hear, but (A)stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who (B)did not believe in the Lord their God.
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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
Hebrews 3:13
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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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- Hebrews 3:13 encourage
Nehemiah 9:16-17
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16 “But(A) they and our fathers acted [a]proudly,
(B)Hardened[b] their necks,
And did not heed Your commandments.
17 They refused to obey,
And (C)they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And [c]in their rebellion
They appointed (D)a leader
To return to their bondage.
But You are God,
Ready to pardon,
(E)Gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger,
Abundant in kindness,
And did not forsake them.
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- Nehemiah 9:16 presumptuously
- Nehemiah 9:16 Stiffened their necks, became stubborn
- Nehemiah 9:17 So with MT, Vg.; LXX in Egypt
Nehemiah 9:28
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28 “But after they had rest,
(A)They again did evil before You.
Therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies,
So that they had dominion over them;
Yet when they returned and cried out to You,
You heard from heaven;
And (B)many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,
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