Romans 9:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

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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 I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
  • Exod 4:21 : 21 And the LORD said to Moses, When you go to return to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
  • Josh 11:20 : 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might find no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as appears this day.
  • Rom 11:7-8 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more: 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Acts 28:26-28 : 26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them. 28 Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
  • Rom 1:24-28 : 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves, 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 And likewise the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another; men with men working what is shameful, and receiving in themselves that penalty of their error which was fitting. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
  • Exod 7:13 : 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; 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.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

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    13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

    14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

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

    16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

    17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.

  • Rom 9:19-24
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    19 You will say then to me, Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?

    20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?

    21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

    22 What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction:

    23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

    24 Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

  • Exod 33:19
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    19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

  • Exod 9:12
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    12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had spoken to Moses.

  • Rom 11:29-32
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    29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.

    30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

    31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.

    32 For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

  • Exod 10:1
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    1 And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I may show these my signs before him:

  • Exod 10:20
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    20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

  • Lam 3:32
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    32 But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

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

  • Exod 8:15
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    15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

  • Exod 9:34-35
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    34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

    35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken through Moses.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
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    6 Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had worked wonders among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

  • Job 9:4
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    4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and succeeded?

  • Exod 7:13-14
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    13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

    14 And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.

  • Rom 2:5
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    5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Exod 14:8
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    8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with boldness.

  • Rom 9:11
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    11 For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls;

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    13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Rom 8:30-31
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    30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

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

  • Exod 4:21
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    21 And the LORD said to Moses, When you go to return to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

  • Exod 11:9-10
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    9 And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

    10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exod 14:4
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    4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall pursue them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

  • Job 37:13
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    13 He causes it to come, whether for correction, for his land, or for mercy.

  • Job 9:12
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    12 Behold, He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, What are you doing?

  • Rom 11:6-7
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    6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

    7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

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

  • Mic 7:18
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    18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.

  • Exod 8:32
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    32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

  • Exod 8:19
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    19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.

  • Job 23:13
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    13 But he is of one mind, and who can change him? And whatever his soul desires, that he does.

  • Eph 1:5
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    5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

  • Exod 9:17
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    17 As yet you exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?