Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
New heart
The stony
General references
Bible References
New heart
John 3:3
Jesus said to him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot see the kingdom of God [i.e., enter it. See verse 5], unless he is born from above [Note: The words "from above" are also used in verse 31, but in this place they could also mean "again," or "anew" and refer to the source of a person's second birth].
2 Corinthians 3:18
But all of us [Christians], with unveiled faces, see the Lord's splendor reflected, as [though we were] looking in a mirror, and [so] are being transformed into His likeness in ever-increasing splendor. This is [the work] of the Lord, [who is] the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if any person is in [fellowship with] Christ, he is a new person. His old ways have passed away; now his ways have become new.
Galatians 6:15
For it does not matter whether a person practices circumcision or refrains from practicing it; what really matters is [whether or not he is] a new creature [in the eyes of God].
Ephesians 2:10
For we [Christians] are the product of God's workmanship, [re-] created in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus for [the purpose of] doing good deeds. God had previously determined that this should be our practice.
Revelation 21:5
Then the One who is seated on the throne [i.e., Christ, or God] said, "Listen, I am making everything new!" Then He said, "Write [this], because these words are trustworthy and true."
The stony
Matthew 13:5
And other seed fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil and immediately it sprouted up because the soil was so shallow.
Mark 4:16
And in the same way, some [of the seed] that was sown on rocky soil represented those who heard 'the word' and immediately accepted it gladly,
2 Corinthians 3:3
You people show [i.e., by your conversions] that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us [i.e., the result of our ministry], not written with ink but with the Holy Spirit of the living God; not on stone tablets [i.e., as in the case with Moses' ministry], but on tablets of the human heart. [See Jer. 31:33; Heb. 8:10].
General references
Matthew 13:5
And other seed fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil and immediately it sprouted up because the soil was so shallow.
Mark 4:5
And some seed fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil, and immediately it sprouted up because the soil was so shallow.
Luke 1:75
by living holy and righteous lives before Him all of our days.
Luke 5:38
But freshly squeezed grape juice must be put into newly made animal skins.
Luke 8:6
And other [seed] fell on rocky ground and as soon as it started to grow, it [quickly] withered away, because it had no moisture.