Isaiah 48:4

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,

Exodus 32:9

Then the LORD told Moses, "I've seen these people and indeed they're obstinate.

Deuteronomy 31:27

because indeed I know your rebellion and stubbornness. Note that even while I'm still alive, you've been rebelling against the LORD how much more so after my death!

Acts 7:51

"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

2 Chronicles 36:13

Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance in the name of God. Instead, he stiffened his resolve, and hardened his heart, and would not return to the LORD God of Israel.

Proverbs 29:1

After many rebukes, the stiff-necked man will be broken incurably, without any warning.

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I won't go up among you, because you are an obstinate people, and otherwise I might consume you along the way."

Exodus 33:5

The LORD had told Moses, "Say to the Israelis, "You are an obstinate people, and if for one moment I went up among you, I would put an end to you. Now take off your ornaments so I may decide what to do with you.'"

Deuteronomy 10:16

Therefore, circumcise your heart and stop being stubborn.

2 Kings 17:14

But they would not listen. Instead, they were stubborn, just like their ancestors had been, who did not believe in the LORD their God.

2 Chronicles 30:8

So don't be stiff-necked like your ancestors were. Instead, submit to the LORD, enter his sanctuary that he has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God so that he'll stop being angry with you.

Nehemiah 9:16-17

"But they our ancestors became arrogant and stubborn, refusing to listen to your commands.

Nehemiah 9:28

"But after they had gained relief, they returned to doing evil before you. Therefore you abandoned them to the control of their enemies, who continued to oppress them. But when they came back and cried out to you, you listened from heaven and delivered them in your compassion on many occasions.

Psalm 75:5

Don't use your strength to fight heaven or speak from stubborn arrogance."

Psalm 78:8

They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God.

Isaiah 46:12

"Listen to me, you hard-hearted, you who are far removed from righteousness:

Jeremiah 3:3

This is why the rain has been withheld and there are no spring showers. Yet you have a harlot's look and you refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 5:3

LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.

Jeremiah 7:26

But they didn't listen to me, and they didn't pay attention. They stiffened their necks, and they did more evil than their ancestors.

Jeremiah 19:15

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "I'm about to bring on this city and all its towns all the disaster that I declared against it because they were determined not to obey my message.'"

Ezekiel 3:4-9

Then he told me, "Son of Man, go to the house of Israel and tell them what I have to say to them,

Daniel 5:20

But when he became arrogant and his spirit hardened, he was removed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.

Zechariah 7:11-12

But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.

Romans 2:5

But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Hebrews 3:13

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

General references

Bible References

Thy brow

Jeremiah 3:3
This is why the rain has been withheld and there are no spring showers. Yet you have a harlot's look and you refuse to be ashamed.
Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel won't listen to you, since they weren't willing to listen to me. That's because the entire house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

General references

Job 40:18
His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron.

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