Verse 8

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:37 : 37 And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.
  • Exod 32:9 : 9 And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.
  • 2 Kgs 17:14 : 14 And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.
  • Ezek 20:18 : 18 And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:
  • Deut 31:27 : 27 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?
  • 2 Chr 30:7 : 7 Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.
  • Exod 33:3 : 3 Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.
  • Exod 33:5 : 5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.
  • Exod 34:9 : 9 And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.
  • Deut 4:4 : 4 But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.
  • Deut 9:6-7 : 6 Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people. 7 Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.
  • Deut 9:13 : 13 And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:
  • Deut 9:24 : 24 From the day when I first had knowledge of you, you have gone against the word of the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.
  • Job 11:13 : 13 But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
  • Ps 68:6 : 6 Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
  • 2 Chr 12:14 : 14 And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.
  • 2 Chr 20:33 : 33 The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.
  • Josh 14:8-9 : 8 My brothers, however, who went up with me, made the heart of the people like water: but I was true to the Lord with all my heart. 9 And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.
  • Matt 23:31-33 : 31 So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death. 32 Make full, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
  • Isa 30:9 : 9 For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:
  • Ezek 2:3-8 : 3 And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day. 4 And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord. 5 And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them. 6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people. 7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled. 8 But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.
  • Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt.