4 Bible Verses about God Hardening People

So he has mercy on anyone he pleases, and hardens the heart of anyone he pleases.

"He has made their eyes blind and their minds dull, To keep them from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their minds, And turning to me to be cured."

What follows? Israel failed to get what it sought, but those whom God selected got it.

For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,