'Hard' in the Bible
for this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'
Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.
"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.
Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.
Then Jesus looked around and told his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"
The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!
Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets."
Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law, too! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you don't even lift a finger to ease those burdens.
So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!
because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn't deposit and harvest what you didn't plant.'
The king told him, "I will judge you by your own words, you evil servant! You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, and that I withdraw what I didn't deposit and harvest what I didn't plant?
In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard for the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, who has toiled diligently for the Lord.
to submit yourselves to people like these and to anyone else who shares their labor and hard work.
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger;
The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.
as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.
Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring.
We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again face to face, so that we may equip you with whatever is lacking in your faith.
To this end we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, that is, of those who believe.
Elders who handle their duties well should be considered worthy of double compensation, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.
"If it is hard for the righteous person to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and sinful person?"
He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.