21 Bible Verses about God Hardening People

He shows mercy to the one he chooses, and he allows others to be stubborn.

Jehovah said to Moses: When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power. I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron. Everything happened just as Jehovah had told Moses.

Jehovah told Moses: Go back to the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, so that I could work these signs.

But Jehovah made the king stubborn. He did not let the Israelites go.

Jehovah made the king stubborn. He would not let them go.

Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh. Yet Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart. He did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

I will make him stubborn. He will pursue you. My victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah! The Israelites did as they were told.

Jehovah made the king so stubborn that he went after them. The Israelites proudly went on their way.

I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

King Sihon of Heshbon would not allow us to pass through. Jehovah your God made him stubborn and overconfident in order to hand him over to you, as he has now done.

It was Jehovah who hardened their hearts to make war against Israel. That way he could completely destroy them. That they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

You will cover their hearts with your curse on them.

O Jehovah, why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to respect you? Return for the sake of your servants. They are the tribes that belong to you.

He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.

What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded (rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).

Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel.

I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, lest you should be wise in your own conceits (estimation). Blindness has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations comes in.

Yet, I will make you as stubborn and as hardheaded as they are.

I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than flint stone. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.