Exo 8:15, Mat 12:45, 2Pe 2:22 | ESV | STEP | But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite , he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said .

Exodus 8:15

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a ^arespite, he ^bhardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Matthew 12:45

45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and ^cthe last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this ^devil generation.”

2 Peter 2:22

22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^edog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”