27 Bible Verses about Obstinate Individuals

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen or obey his father or his mother when they chastise him,

They shall say to the elders of his city: This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious! He will not obey us! He is a glutton and a drunkard.

Be sure there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him. He would go stubbornly on his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.

She did not obey the voice of Jehovah. She would not accept correction (discipline). She did not trust Jehovah and draw close to her God.

I will not join in their secret talks. I will not take part in their meetings. They killed people in anger. They crippled bulls for sport.

They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

He looked at them and was angry. He was also sad on account of their hard hearts. He said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out and his hand was healed.

This is primarily for those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble at glorious ones but speak abusively.

Pharaoh continued to be stubborn. Just as Jehovah had predicted, he would not listen to them.

Jehovah said to Moses: Pharaoh is being stubborn. He will not let my people go.

But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic spells. So Pharaoh continued to be stubborn. He would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as Jehovah predicted.

The magicians said to the king: It is the finger of God! (God has done this!) But the king was stubborn. Just as Jehovah predicted, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

The king asked what had happened. He was told that none of the animals of the Israelites had died. He was stubborn and would not let the people go.

The king saw that the frogs were dead. He became stubborn again and, just as Jehovah had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

Again Pharaoh was stubborn and did not let the people go.

The king realized that the storm was over. He disobeyed once more. He and his officials were so stubborn

Why are you as stubborn as the Egyptians and their Pharaoh were? When he did terrible (mighty) things among them did he let the Israelites go?

Blessed is the man reverencing God. He who hardens his heart will fall into trouble.

They had not understood the loaves of bread. Their minds were closed.

Hearing this Jesus said: Why do you reason about having no bread? Do you not understand? Are your hearts dull of understanding?

Some were obstinate and publicly maligned The Way before the crowds. He departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Their minds were blinded. Until this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It is not revealed to them that Christ voided it.

I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against Jehovah. How much more rebellious will you be after I die?

Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear. Instead they stiffened their neck (became stubborn). They did more evil than their fathers.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ears. They stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.

Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel says: 'I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire disaster that I have declared against it. This is because they have stiffened their necks (vigorously resisted) so as not to heed my words.'

They made their hearts hard like flint and would not listen to the law, and the words that Jehovah of Hosts sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Great anger came from Jehovah of Hosts!