Hardness of heart

Dictionary of Bible Themes 6178 hardness of heart

Kinds of hardness of heart

kinds of hardness of Heart

Disobedience to God

Ps 95

Psalm 95:8–9 NLT

8 The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness. 9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.

Ephesians 4:18 NLT

18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.

Proverbs 28:14 NLT

14 Blessed are those who fear to do wrong, but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.

Zechariah 7:12 NLT

12 They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the Lord of Heaven’s Armies was so angry with them.

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Romans 2:5 NLT

5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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God Hardens the heart

Exodus 10:20 NLT

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart again, so he refused to let the people go.

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Isaiah 6:10 NLT

Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.”

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John 12:10 NLT

Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too,

John 12:40 NLT

“The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts— so that their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.”

Dictionary of Bible Themes 6178 hardness of heart

As an uncaring attitude towards other people

Uncaring to wards our people

Dt 15

Deuteronomy 15:7 NLT

“But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.

Psalm 17:10 NLT

They are without pity. Listen to their boasting!

James 2:15–16 NLT

Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

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Dictionary of Bible Themes 6178 hardness of heart

Examples of hardness of heart

Psalm 73:7 NLT

These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!

Examples of hardness of heart

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Pharaoh ex 7 13

pharoah

Exodus 7:13 NLT

Pharaoh’s heart, however, remained hard. He still refused to listen, just as the Lord had predicted.

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israel

1 Samuel 6:6 NLT

Don’t be stubborn and rebellious as Pharaoh and the Egyptians were. By the time God was finished with them, they were eager to let Israel go.

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Jeremiah 5:23 NLT

But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned away and abandoned me.

Disciples

Mark 6:51–52 NLT

Then he climbed into the boat, and the wind stopped. They were totally amazed, for they still didn’t understand the significance of the miracle of the loaves. Their hearts were too hard to take it in.

Mark 6:51 NLT

Then he climbed into the boat, and the wind stopped. They were totally amazed,

Mark 8:17 NLT

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Don’t you know or understand even yet? Are your hearts too hard to take it in?

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Mark 3:5 NLT

He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!

Gods remedy for a hard heart

Psalm 51:17 NLT

The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

Ezekiel 18:31 NLT

Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?

Ezekiel 11:19 NLT

And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,

Ezekiel 11:9 NLT

I will drive you out of Jerusalem and hand you over to foreigners, who will carry out my judgments against you.

1 Kings 8:58 NLT

May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors.

Jeremiah 31:33 NLT

“But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Romans 1:21 NLT

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.

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