Acts 7:51

Resisting The Holy Spirit

⁵⁰ ‘Was it not My hand which made all these things?’ ⁵¹ “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. ⁵² Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

Holy Spirit

Stiff-Necked People

Uncircumcised In Heart

Leviticus 26:41

I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make amends for their iniquity,

Deuteronomy 10:16

So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.

Exodus 32:9

The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people.

Exodus 33:5

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are an obstinate people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.’”

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are an obstinate people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled
And grieved His Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.

Jeremiah 4:4

“Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire
And burn with none to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning
That they may hear?
Behold, their ears are closed
And they cannot listen.
Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?

Nehemiah 9:30

“However, You bore with them for many years,
And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets,
Yet they would not give ear.
Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Psalm 78:8

And not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Ezekiel 44:7

when you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they made My covenant void—this in addition to all your abominations.

Ezekiel 44:9

‘Thus says the Lord God, “No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

Acts 6:10

But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

Acts 7:27

But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

Acts 7:39

Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

Romans 2:25

For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 2:28-29

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

Ephesians 4:30

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Philippians 3:3

for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

Exodus 34:9

He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”

Deuteronomy 9:6

“Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:13

The Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 30:6

“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.

Nehemiah 9:16

“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;
They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.

Psalm 75:5

Do not lift up your horn on high,
Do not speak with insolent pride.’”

Isaiah 48:4

“Because I know that you are obstinate,
And your neck is an iron sinew
And your forehead bronze,

Jeremiah 9:25-26

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

Jeremiah 17:23

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

Ezekiel 2:4

I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

Zechariah 7:11-12

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.

Matthew 23:31-33

So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Acts 7:35

“This Moses whom they disowned, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

Colossians 2:11

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;