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
With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands.
Psalm 141:4
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men [who] do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Ezekiel 14:7
For {each person} from the house of Israel, and from the alien who dwells as an alien in Israel, who separates himself {from following me} and brings up his idols into his heart and {places before himself} a stumbling block of his guilt, and [yet] he comes to the prophet to consult him concerning me, I Yahweh will answer him myself.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion} so that they will believe the lie,

And hardened

Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, and shut its eyes so that it may not look with its eyes and listen with its ears and comprehend [with] its mind and turn back, and it may be healed [for] him."
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us cross through his [territory] because Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and {made him obstinate} {in order to give him} into your hand, {just as he has now done}.
Joshua 11:20
For it was Yahweh that {hardened their hearts}, to meet Israel in war in order to utterly destroy them without mercy, that they would destroy them just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they see with [their] eyes and understand with [their] hearts and turn, and I heal them."
Romans 9:18
Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes.

Return

Numbers 10:36
And when it rested he would say, "Return, Yahweh, to the countless thousands of Israel."
Psalm 74:1
Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalm 80:14
Please return, O God [of] hosts. Observe from heaven and see, and pay attention to this vine,
Psalm 90:13
Return, O Yahweh. How long? And have compassion on your servants.
Zechariah 1:12
The angel of Yahweh answered and said, "O Yahweh of hosts, {how long} will you have no compassion on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, [with] which you showed fury these seventy years?"

General references

Exodus 8:32
And Pharaoh made his heart {insensitive} also this time, and he did not release the people.
Exodus 9:30
But [as for] you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the presence of Yahweh God."
Deuteronomy 29:4
But Yahweh has not given to you a heart to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear, [even] {to this day}.
Deuteronomy 30:18
I declare to you {today} that you will certainly perish; {you will not extend your time} on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there to take possession of it.