Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Why

Psalm 119:10
I have sought You with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from Your commands.
Psalm 141:4
Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
Ezekiel 14:7
For when anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in Israel separates himself from Me, setting up idols in his heart and putting a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I, Yahweh, will answer him Myself.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false,

And hardened

Isaiah 6:10
Dull the minds of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.
Joshua 11:20
For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.
Romans 9:18
So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

Return

Numbers 10:36
When it came to rest, he would say:

Return, Lord,
to the countless thousands of Israel.
Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph.Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalm 80:14
Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
Psalm 90:13
Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”

General references

Exodus 8:32
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not let the people go.
Exodus 9:30
But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God.”
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
Deuteronomy 30:18
I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not live long in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan.

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