Wherefore should ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? Which for all that, when he had played his pageants with them, were fain to let the people go and depart.

Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the necks of their fathers that did not believe the LORD their God.

Wherefore, be not stiff-necked like unto your fathers, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and come to his holy place which he hath sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his wrath may turn from you.

And thereto he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar which had received an oath of him by God, and was too stiff necked and too hard hearted to turn unto the LORD God of Israel.

But our fathers were proud, and hard necked, so that they followed not thy commandments,

He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength. Who ever prospered that took part against him?

Well is him that standeth always in awe; as for him that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischief.

He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.

yet would they not hearken, nor offer me their ears; but were obstinate and worse than their fathers.

But the house of Israel will not follow thee, for they will not follow me. Yea, all the house of Israel have stiff foreheads, and hard hearts.

But because his heart was so proud, and his stomach set so fast unto wilfulness: he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his majesty was taken from him.

Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

For this people's hearts are waxed gross. And their ears were dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their hearts, and should turn, that I might heal them.

When divers waxed hard hearted, and believed not, but spake evil of the way of the Lord, and that before the multitude: he departed from them; And separated the disciples away; And disputed daily in the school of one called Tyrannus.

But thou, after thine hard heart that cannot repent, heapest thee together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance: when shall be opened the righteous judgment of God,

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And the LORD said unto Moses, "How long shall this people rail upon me, and how long will it be, yer they believe me, for all my signs which I have showed among them?

Also at Taberah and at Massah and at the sepulchres of lust ye angered the LORD.

Yet, for all this they tempted and displeased the most high God, and kept not his covenant:

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And he called the name of the place: Massah-and-Meribah: because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God as ye did at Massah.

They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.

A lust came upon them in the wilderness, so that they tempted God in the desert.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpents.

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And yet, for all that, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, so that he hearkened not unto them, even as the LORD had said.

"The spirit of the LORD spake in me, and his words were on my tongue.

And some fell on stone, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moistness.