Nehemiah 9:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Testifiedst

Yet they

James 4:6

Which

Galatians 3:12

Withdrew the shoulder

Zechariah 7:11

And hardened

Jeremiah 7:26

Jeremiah 17:23

Jeremiah 19:15

General references

2 Chronicles 33:10

Psalm 78:10

Bible References

Testifiedst

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and slew your prophets who testified against them to turn them to you, and they worked great provocations.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over Jordan to possess; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.

Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

And the LORD God of their fathers sent word to them by his messengers, sending them time and again; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD has come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but you have not hearkened.

Therefore have I hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.

Yet they

And showed signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you knew that they dealt arrogantly against them. So did you get you a name, as it is this day.

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken.

Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

Which

You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live by them.

And he said unto him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live.

For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, That the man who does those things shall live by them.

And the law is not of faith: but, The man that does them shall live in them.

Withdrew the shoulder

But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

And hardened

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

General references

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;