Acts 7:51

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Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.

Leviticus 26:41

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled, and if they will pay the penalty for their sin,

Deuteronomy 10:16

Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.

Exodus 32:9

The Lord also said to Moses: “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

For the Lord said to Moses: “Tell the Israelites: You are a stiff-necked people. If I went with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.”

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled
and grieved His Holy Spirit.
So He became their enemy
and fought against them.

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it
because of your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 6:10

Who can I speak to and give such a warning
that they will listen?
Look, their ear is uncircumcised,
so they cannot pay attention.
See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them—
they find no pleasure in it.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years,
and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets,
but they would not listen.
Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.

Psalm 78:8

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Ezekiel 44:7

When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in both heart and flesh, to occupy My sanctuary, you defiled My temple while you offered My food—the fat and the blood. You broke My covenant by all your detestable practices.

Ezekiel 44:9

“This is what the Lord God says: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, may enter My sanctuary, not even a foreigner who is among the Israelites.

Acts 6:10

But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

Acts 7:9

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

Acts 7:27

“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:

Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

Acts 7:39

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Romans 2:25

For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 2:28-29

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

Ephesians 4:30

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Even though this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wrongdoing and sin, and accept us as Your own possession.”

Deuteronomy 9:6

Understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:13

The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don’t become obstinate now like your fathers did. Give your allegiance to Yahweh, and come to His sanctuary that He has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that He may turn His burning anger away from you,

Nehemiah 9:16

But our ancestors acted arrogantly;
they became stiff-necked and did not listen to Your commands.

Psalm 75:5

Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”

Isaiah 48:4

Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron
and your forehead bronze,

Jeremiah 9:25-26

“The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

Jeremiah 17:23

They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

Ezekiel 2:4

The children are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’

Zechariah 7:11-12

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

Matthew 23:31-33

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

Acts 7:35

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Colossians 2:11

You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Messiah.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 7:51

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Stiffnecked

Resist

As

Acts 7:9

Matthew 23:31

General references

Bible References

Stiffnecked

The Lord also said to Moses: “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

Understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!

Don’t become obstinate

now like your fathers did. Give your allegiance to Yahweh, and come to His sanctuary that He has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that He may turn His burning anger away from you,

But our ancestors acted arrogantly;
they became stiff-necked and did not listen to Your commands.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron
and your forehead bronze,

They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

The children are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

Resist

But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

You were patient with them for many years,
and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets,
but they would not listen.
Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.

But they rebelled
and grieved His Holy Spirit.
So He became their enemy
and fought against them.

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

As

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

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

General references

“But you were not willing to go up, rebelling against the command of the Lord your God.

You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.

They are doing the same thing to you that they have done to Me, since the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day, abandoning Me and worshiping other gods.

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

and asked Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?”

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

About sin, because they do not believe in Me;