Romans 9:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.

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  • Rom 9:15-16 : 15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity. 16 So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.
  • 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.
  • Josh 11:20 : 20 For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
  • Deut 2:30 : 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.
  • Rom 11:7-8 : 7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard. 8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace: 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Acts 28:26-28 : 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
  • Rom 1:24-28 : 24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another: 25 Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it. 26 For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural: 27 And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing. 28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
  • Exod 7:13 : 13 But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

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    13 Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.

    14 What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.

    15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.

    16 So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

    17 For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.

  • Rom 9:19-24
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    19 But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?

    20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

    21 Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?

    22 What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

    23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,

    24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

  • Exod 33:19
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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.

  • Rom 11:29-32
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    30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

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    32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.

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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:

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

  • Lam 3:32
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    32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

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    27 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

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    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.

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  • 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?

  • Job 9:4
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    4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • 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.

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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.

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    13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

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    30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.

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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.

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    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.

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    13 For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

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    6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

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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.

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

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  • Rom 15:9
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    9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

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    13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

  • Eph 1:5
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    5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

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    17 Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?