'Hard' in the Bible
For this people’s heart has grown callous;their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heartsand turn back—and I would cure them.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!
They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.
Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
“Master,” Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I’ll let down the nets.”
Then He said: “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.
Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it?”
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
For the hearts of these peoplehave grown callous,their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heart,and be converted,and I would heal them.
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard in the Lord.Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
For I testify about him that he works hard for you, for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
He speaks about these things in all his letters in which there are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.