8 Bible Verses about Avoiding Obstinacy
Most Relevant Verses
do not be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness,
do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me during the time of testing in the wilderness.
As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me."
he again fixes a definite day "Today" - saying long afterward through David, as already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
Because an overseer is God's servant manager, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or make money in shameful ways.
At that time people will call Jerusalem, "The Throne of the LORD," and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. They'll no longer stubbornly follow their own evil desires.
