47 occurrences

'Hard' in the Bible

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

Verse ConceptsBricksOppression, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of PeopleBitternessSuccess And Hard Work

Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

Verse ConceptsVisitingGrowing UpForced Labourempathymanhood

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

Verse ConceptsExcusesEloquenceMoses, Significance OfMutenessHumility, Examples OfSelf AbasementSpeech ImpedimentsNervousnessSpeech

And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsGod Hardening PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPower, HumanOther Miracles

And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSensitivityGod Hardening PeopleSigns And Wonders Before Christ

But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartListeningObstinate Individuals

And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Verse ConceptsImitating OthersFalse Miracles, Examples OfLying WondersStiffnecked PeopleObstinate Individualsmagic

But when Pharaoh saw that there was peace for a time, he made his heart hard and did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHeart, Fallen And RedeemedCorrupted ConsciencesStiffnecked PeopleCessationObstinate IndividualsThings Stopping

Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Verse ConceptsFinger Of GodHardness Of HeartMiracles, Responses ToMission, Of IsraelPower Of God, ExpressedStiffnecked PeopleObstinate IndividualsGod Writing With His Fingermagic

But again Pharaoh made his heart hard and did not let the people go.

Verse ConceptsObstinate Individuals

And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartNot DyingObstinate Individuals

And the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillGod Hardening People

But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the ice-storm and the thunders were ended, he went on sinning, and made his heart hard, he and his servants.

Verse ConceptsCessationObstinate IndividualsThings Stopping

And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:

Verse ConceptsMiraculous SignsGod Hardening People

But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardness Of HeartGod Hardening PeopleStrong Delusion

But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening People

All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Moses SpokespersonMiracles, Responses ToGod Hardening PeopleOther Miracles

And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

Verse ConceptsStubbornness, Consequences OfDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingMale AnimalsBoth Men And Animals KilledHindering God's WorkGod Killed The PeoplesRegulating Sacrifices

And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, As RedeemerFreedom, Of The WillGod, Revelation OfAfflictions Of The WickedKingsKnowledge, Of GodTravelGod Hardening PeopleYou Will Know I Am The Lord

And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsBoldness, To PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeopleBeing Strong

And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePeople Following People

And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsWheelsDrivingGod HinderingHard Tasks

And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

Verse ConceptsSharing BurdensGreat ThingsUnimportant Things

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementHard TasksUnimportant ThingsStrength In Hard Times

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

Verse ConceptsBreadthWeights And Measures, LinearAcacia WoodChestsDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And you are to make upright boards of hard wood for the House.

Verse ConceptsAcacia WoodMaking The Tabernacle

And make five pillars for the curtain, of hard wood plated with gold; their hooks are to be of gold and their bases of brass

Verse ConceptsAcacia WoodFive ThingsPillars For The TabernacleOverlaid With GoldSocketsGold Items For The TabernaclBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.

Verse ConceptsBreadthBuildingHeightWoodSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

And make rods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass.

Verse ConceptsWoodOverlaid With Bronze

And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.

Verse ConceptsAcacia Wood

And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood,

Verse ConceptsBadgersRamsAnimal SkinsRed Material

Everyone who had silver and brass gave an offering of them to the Lord; and everyone who had hard wood, such as was needed for the work, gave it.

Verse ConceptsBronze

And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

Verse ConceptsTrees

And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

Verse ConceptsFive Things

And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.

Verse ConceptsFour SupportsPillars For The TabernacleOverlaid With GoldSocketsGold Items For The Tabernacl

And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;

Verse ConceptsAcacia WoodDimensions Of Temple Furniture

The rods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.

Verse ConceptsOverlaid With GoldCarrying Holy Things

And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.

Verse ConceptsBreadthAltar Of IncenseSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

The rods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.

Verse ConceptsOverlaid With Gold

The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

Verse ConceptsWoodAcacia WoodSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze Altar

Bible Theasaurus

Arduous (1 instance)
Concentrated (1 instance)
Difficult (74 instances)
Firmly (91 instances)
Heavily (30 instances)
Impenitent (3 instances)
Insensible (1 instance)
Intemperate (1 instance)
Laborious (14 instances)
Punishing (22 instances)
Severe (97 instances)
Severely (92 instances)
Strong (864 instances)
Tough (2 instances)

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