Romans 9:18
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18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He (A)hardens.
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Romans 9:15-16
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15 For He says to Moses, (A)“I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
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Exodus 4:21
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21 And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those (A)wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But (B)I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
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Joshua 11:20
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20 For (A)it was of the Lord [a]to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, (B)as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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- Joshua 11:20 Lit. to make strong
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
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10 and with all unrighteous deception among (A)those who perish, because they did not receive (B)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (C)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (D)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (E)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Romans 11:7-8
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7 What then? (A)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (B)blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
(C)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(D)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
Deuteronomy 2:30
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30 (A)“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for (B)the Lord your God (C)hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day.
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Romans 5:20-21
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20 Moreover (A)the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace (B)abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Romans 1:24-28
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24 (A)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, (B)to dishonor their bodies (C)among themselves, 25 who exchanged (D)the truth of God (E)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to (F)vile passions. For even their [a]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [b]men, leaving the natural use of the [c]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (G)which are not fitting;
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- Romans 1:26 Lit. females
- Romans 1:27 Lit. males
- Romans 1:27 Lit. female
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