John 12:40
'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.'
Romans 9:18-20
So, then, where God wills, he takes pity, and where he wills, he hardens the heart.
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;
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O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
And hardened
Bible References
Why
2 Thessalonians 2:11
That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;
And hardened
John 12:40
'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.'
Romans 9:18
So, then, where God wills, he takes pity, and where he wills, he hardens the heart.