Nehemiah 9:29
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29 And [a]testified against them,
That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted [b]proudly,
And did not heed Your commandments,
But sinned against Your judgments,
(A)‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’
And they shrugged their shoulders,
[c]Stiffened their necks,
And would not hear.
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- Nehemiah 9:29 admonished them
- Nehemiah 9:29 presumptuously
- Nehemiah 9:29 Became stubborn
Nehemiah 9:16
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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.
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- Nehemiah 9:16 presumptuously
- Nehemiah 9:16 Stiffened their necks, became stubborn
Leviticus 18:5
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5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
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Nehemiah 9:26
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26 “Nevertheless they (A)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(B)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (C)prophets, who [a]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
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- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
Nehemiah 9:10
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10 You (A)showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
Against all his servants,
And against all the people of his land.
For You knew that they (B)acted [a]proudly against them.
So You (C)made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.
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- Nehemiah 9:10 presumptuously or insolently
James 4:6-10
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6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (B)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (C)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (D)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (E)purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 (F)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (G)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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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
Hosea 6:5
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5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by (A)the words of My mouth;
And [a]your judgments are like light that goes forth.
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- Hosea 6:5 Or the judgments on you
Jeremiah 43:2
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2 (A)that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.’
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Galatians 3:12
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12 Yet (A)the law is not of faith, but (B)“the man who does them shall live by them.”
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Romans 10:5
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5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, (A)“The man who does those things shall live by them.”
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Luke 10:28
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28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and (A)you will live.”
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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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Ezekiel 20:11
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11 (A)And I gave them My statutes and [a]showed them My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’
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- Ezekiel 20:11 Lit. made known to
Jeremiah 44:16-17
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16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (A)we will not listen to you! 17 But we will certainly do (B)whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the (C)queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of [a]food, were well-off, and saw no trouble.
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- Jeremiah 44:17 Lit. bread
Jeremiah 44:10
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10 They have not been (A)humbled,[a] to this day, nor have they (B)feared; they have not walked in My law or in My statutes that I set before you and your fathers.’
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- Jeremiah 44:10 Lit. crushed
Jeremiah 25:3-7
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3 (A)“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the Lord has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, (B)but you have not listened. 4 And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets, (C)rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, (D)‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. 6 Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’ 7 Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “that you might (E)provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
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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 17:23
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23 (A)But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but [a]made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
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- Jeremiah 17:23 Were stubborn
Jeremiah 13:15-17
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Pride Precedes Captivity
15 Hear and give ear:
Do not be proud,
For the Lord has spoken.
16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes (B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are (C)looking for light,
He turns it into (D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.
17 But if you will not hear it,
My soul will (E)weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
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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2 Chronicles 36:15
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
15 (B)And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
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2 Chronicles 24:19
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19 Yet He (A)sent prophets to them, to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.
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2 Kings 17:13
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13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His (A)prophets, (B)every seer, saying, (C)“Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”
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Deuteronomy 31:21
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21 Then it shall be, (A)when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for (B)I know the inclination (C)of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them.”
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