2 Kings 17:14
14But they would not listen, abut were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God.2 Chronicles 30:8
8 bDo not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, cthat his fierce anger may turn away from you.Nehemiah 9:17
17They refused to obey dand were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, egracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.Nehemiah 9:29
29 fAnd you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet gthey acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, hwhich if a person does them, he shall live by them, iand they turned a stubborn shoulder jand stiffened their neck and would not obey.Proverbs 29:1
1 kHe who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,will suddenly be lbroken mbeyond healing.
Isaiah 48:4
4Because I know that nyou are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
Jeremiah 19:15
15“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, obecause they have stiffened their neck, prefusing to hear my words.”Acts 7:51
51 q“You stiff-necked people, runcircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. sAs your fathers did, so do you.
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