Deuteronomy 9:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

Understand

Deuteronomy 9:3

Ezekiel 20:44

A stiff-necked

General references

Deuteronomy 9:24

Ezekiel 36:22

Bible References

Understand

Be certain then today that it is the Lord your God who goes over before you like an all-burning fire; he will send destruction on them, crushing them before you; and you will send them in flight, putting an end to them quickly, as the Lord has said.

And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you in hand for the honour of my name, and not for your evil ways or your unclean doings, O children of Israel, says the Lord.

A stiff-necked

And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:

Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.

For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?

And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.

Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:

General references

From the day when I first had knowledge of you, you have gone against the word of the Lord.

For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: I am doing this, not because of you, O children of Israel, but because of my holy name, which you have made unclean among the nations wherever you went.