Hebrews 3:8

A Serious Warning Against Unbelief

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

Today, if you hear His voice,
⁸ do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
⁹ where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
and saw My works

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 the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Exodus 8:15

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

Numbers 14:11

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Numbers 14:22-23

none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me,

Deuteronomy 6:16

Do not test the Lord your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22-24

“You continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.

1 Samuel 6:6

Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, didn’t they send Israel away, and Israel left?

2 Kings 17:14

But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.

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,

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate and hardened his heart against returning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 9:16

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

Job 9:4

God is wise and all-powerful.
Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?

Psalm 78:18

They deliberately tested God,
demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 78:56

But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.

Psalm 106:14

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the one who is always reverent,
but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Proverbs 29:1

One who becomes stiff-necked,
after many reprimands
will be shattered instantly—
beyond recovery.

Jeremiah 7:26

However, they wouldn’t listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.

Ezekiel 3:7-9

But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.

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 13:15

For this people’s heart has grown callous;
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn back—
and I would cure them.

Acts 19:9

But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them and met separately with the disciples, conducting discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Romans 2:5-6

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes.

Hebrews 3:12-13

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.