Romans 9:18

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So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

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  • Rom 9:15-16 : 15 For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' 16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy.
  • Exod 4:21 : 21 The LORD said to Moses, 'When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.'
  • Josh 11:20 : 20 For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through his land, for the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hands, as has now happened.
  • Rom 11:7-8 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened. 8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more. 21 So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Acts 28:26-28 : 26 'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."' 27 For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.' 28 Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!
  • Rom 1:24-28 : 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is forever praised. Amen. 26 For this reason, God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature. 27 In the same way, the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 Why, LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.
  • Exod 7:13 : 13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved.

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  • Rom 9:13-17
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    13As it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'

    14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

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

    16So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy.

    17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, so that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.'

  • Rom 9:19-24
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    19You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?'

    20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'

    21Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

    22What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

    23And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—

    24even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

  • Exod 33:19
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    19And the LORD said, 'I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.'

  • Exod 9:12
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    12But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • Rom 11:29-32
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    29for God’s gifts and His calling are irrevocable.

    30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,

    31so they too have now been disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.

    32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that He may have mercy on them all.

  • Exod 10:1
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    1The LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, so that I may perform these signs of mine among them."

  • Exod 10:20
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    20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

  • Lam 3:32
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    32For though He causes grief, He will show compassion according to the abundance of His steadfast love.

  • Exod 10:27
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    27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

  • Exod 8:15
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    15The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

  • Exod 9:34-35
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    34When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his officials hardened their hearts.

    35So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
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    6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he dealt severely with them, didn’t they let the Israelites go, and they departed?

  • Job 9:4
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    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?

  • Exod 7:13-14
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    13Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

    14Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

  • Rom 2:5
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    5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

  • Exod 14:8
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    8The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.

  • Rom 9:11
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    11Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand,

  • Jas 2:13
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    13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Rom 8:30-31
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    30And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.

    31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

  • Exod 4:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses, 'When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.'

  • Exod 11:9-10
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    68%

    9The LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, in order that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

    10Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the Israelites go out of his land.

  • Exod 14:4
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    4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. But I will use Pharaoh and his whole army to demonstrate my glory, so that the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” The Israelites did as they were instructed.

  • Job 37:13
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    13Whether for correction, or for His land, or for His mercy, He causes it to happen.

  • Job 9:12
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    12If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?

  • Rom 11:6-7
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    6And if by grace, then it is no longer based on works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

    7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened.

  • Exod 7:3
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    3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

  • Mic 7:18
    66%

    18Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.

  • Exod 8:19
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    19I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9And so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: 'Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to Your name.'

  • Job 23:13
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    13But he is unchangeable; who can turn him back? He does what he desires.

  • Eph 1:5
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    5He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

  • Exod 9:17
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    17You still set yourself against my people and refuse to let them go.