Hebrews 3:8

A Serious Warning Against Unbelief

⁷ Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today if you hear His voice,
⁸ Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
⁹ Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me,
And saw My works for forty years.

Do Not Harden Your Hearts

Harden Your Hearts

Hear His Voice

In the Wilderness

Out of Egypt

Tested God

In The Desert

Israel

Massa

Meribah

Exodus 17:7

He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Numbers 14:11

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?

Numbers 14:22-23

Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

Deuteronomy 6:16

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22-24

“Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.

1 Samuel 6:6

Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?

2 Kings 17:14

However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

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.

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

Nehemiah 9:16

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

Job 9:4

“Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has defied Him without harm?

Psalm 78:18

And in their heart they put God to the test
By asking food according to their desire.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,

Psalm 106:14

But craved intensely in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.

Proverbs 28:14

How blessed is the man who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 29:1

A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.

Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.

Ezekiel 3:7-9

yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.

Zechariah 7:11-12

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

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’

Acts 19:9

But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Romans 2:5-6

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.

Hebrews 3:12-13

Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.