14 occurrences

'Hard' in the Bible

But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeoplePeople Unwilling

Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;

Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSelf Will

So I made an ark of hard wood, and had two stones cut like the others, and went up the mountain with the stones in my hands.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionToolsTwo Stone Tablets

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

Verse ConceptsAlms, Good DeedsHardness Of HeartOppression, Nature OfSympathyUnkindnessGiving, Advice OnDo Not Be StingyPeople Without MercyHelping The PoorHelping Those In Need

Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

Verse ConceptsValuesSix YearsHardship

Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

Verse ConceptsTroubling Groups Of People

Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

Verse ConceptsThe NeedyAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstMastersUnkindnessEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsAdvantagesForeigners Included In The LawNot Helping The PoorAliens

And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.

Verse ConceptsBronzeIron, Figurative Use OfIronThings Like BronzeThings Like Iron

That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

Verse ConceptsBrothersEvil EyesPeople OpposedStingy Peopleempathytenderheartedness

For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelNecksSelf WillObstinate IndividualsKnowing FactsRebellion against Godrebellion

He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalFoodFlintHigh PlacesOilHoneyProvision From RocksProvision Of Oil

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)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain