Exodus 8:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
  • Isa 26:10 : 10 Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.
  • Jer 34:7-9 : 7 When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Judah which had not been taken, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were the last of the walled towns of Judah. 8 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free; 9 That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant: 10 And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go. 11 But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
  • Exod 7:4 : 4 But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.
  • Exod 7:13-14 : 13 But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said. 14 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
  • Exod 4:21 : 21 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.
  • Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
  • Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; 12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.
  • Heb 3:8 : 8 Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
  • Heb 3:15 : 15 As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.

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  • Exod 9:12-13
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    12 And the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

    13 And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh, and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 7:13-14
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    13 But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

    14 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 9:33-35
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    33 So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.

    34 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.

    35 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.

  • Exod 7:22-23
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    22 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.

    23 Then Pharaoh went into his house, and did not take even this to heart.

  • Exod 8:31-32
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    31 And the Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen.

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

  • Exod 8:19-20
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    19 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.

    20 And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him, This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship.

  • Exod 10:27-28
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    27 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

    28 And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.

  • Exod 10:20
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    20 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 11:9-10
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    9 And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

    10 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.

  • Exod 9:7-8
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    7 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.

    8 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take in your hand a little dust from the fire and let Moses send it in a shower up to heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.

  • Exod 10:1
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    1 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:

  • Exod 14:8
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    8 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.

  • Exod 4:21
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    21 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.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
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    6 Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

  • Exod 14:3-5
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    3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

    4 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.

    5 And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

  • Exod 7:3-4
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    3 And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.

    4 But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.

  • Exod 14:17
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    17 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.

  • Exod 5:4-6
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    4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

    5 And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

    6 The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

  • Exod 5:2
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    2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

  • Exod 10:16
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    16 Then Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have done evil against the Lord your God and against you.

  • Exod 10:3
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    3 Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 6:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.

  • Exod 5:15
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    15 Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

  • Exod 9:2
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    2 For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

  • Exod 9:27
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    27 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners.

  • Exod 6:10
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    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 2:30
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    30 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.

  • Ps 95:8
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    8 Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

  • Exod 11:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.