Impenitence

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningLeviticus 23:26–29Leviticus 26:21–24Deuteronomy 29:19–211 Samuel 15:23Job 9:2Job 9:4Job 24:13Job 33:14Psalms 7:11Psalms 7:13Psalms 10:3Psalms 32:9Psalms 50:17Psalms 50:21Psalms 52:1Psalms 52:7Psalms 58:3–5Psalms 68:21Psalms 78:8Psalms 81:11
• See Affliction, Impenitence in
• See Backsliders
• See Blindness, Spiritual
• See Infidelity
• See Obduracy
• See Unbelief
• INSTANCES OF
• PharaohExodus 9:30Exodus 9:34Exodus 10:27Exodus 14:5–9
• The IsraelitesNumbers 14:22Numbers 14:232 Kings 17:142 Chronicles 24:192 Chronicles 36:162 Chronicles 36:17Nehemiah 9:16Nehemiah 9:17Nehemiah 9:29Nehemiah 9:30Jeremiah 36:31
• Eli's sons1 Samuel 2:25
• Amaziah2 Chronicles 25:16

The passages, in Bible order (163)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 9:30

   But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

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2. Exodus 9:34

   When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 9:342 voices

   “He sinned yet more, and hardened his heart - These were merely acts of his own; “for who can deny,” says Mr. Psalmanazar, “that what God did on Pharaoh was much more proper to soften than to harden his heart; especially when it is observable that it was not till after seeing each miracle, and after the ceasing of each plague, that his heart is said to have been hardened?

   “The prayer of Moses opened and shut heaven, like Elias's ( Jam. v. 17, 18 ), and such is the power of God's two witnesses ( Rev. xi. 6 ); yet neither Moses nor Elias, nor those two witnesses, could subdue the hard hearts of men. Pharaoh was frightened into a compliance by the judgment, but, when it was over, his convictions vanished, and his fair promises were forgotten.

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3. Exodus 10:27

   But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

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4. Exodus 14:5–9

   When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 14:5–92 voices

   “He had been convinced, but not converted--overawed, but not sanctified by the appalling judgments of heaven. He bitterly repented of what he now thought a hasty concession. Pride and revenge, the honor of his kingdom, and the interests of his subjects, all prompted him to recall his permission to reclaim those runaway slaves and force them to their wonted labor.

   “The people fled - This was a natural inference from the change of direction, which indicated a determination to escape from Egypt. Up to the time when that information reached Pharaoh both he and his people understood that the Israelites would return after keeping a festival in the district adjoining Etham. From Etham the intelligence would be forwarded by the commander of the garrison to Rameses in less than a day, and the cavalry, a highly-disciplined force, would be ready for immediate departure.

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5. Leviticus 23:26–29

   Again the LORD said to Moses,

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 23:26–291 voice

   “And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... This phrase, which is a kind of preface to each precept, seems to be used to distinguish one from another, as the preceding one from the feast of Pentecost; and here, the day of atonement from that of the blowing of the trumpets; and afterwards, the feast of tabernacles from the day of atonement; the reason why it is not used before the feast of Pentecost seems to be, because, as Aben Ezra observes, that depended upon the wave sheaf, and was reckoned from it: saying; as follows.

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6. Leviticus 26:21–24

   If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 26:21–241 voice

   “All sinners walk contrary to God, to his truths, laws, and counsels; but those especially that are incorrigible under his judgments. The design of the rod is to humble them, and soften them, and bring them to repentance; but, instead of this, their hearts are more hardened and exasperated against God, and in their distress they trespass yet more against him, 2 Chron. xxviii.

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7. Numbers 14:22

   not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

   ›Commentary on Numbers 14:221 voice

   “It is not made worse than really it was, but is shown to be exceedingly sinful. It was an evil congregation, each bad, but altogether in congregation, very bad. They tempted God--tempted his power, whether he could help them in their straits--his goodness, whether he would--and his faithfulness, whether his promise would be performed.

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8. Numbers 14:23

   not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 14:231 voice

   “It is not made worse than really it was, but is shown to be exceedingly sinful. It was an evil congregation, each bad, but altogether in congregation, very bad. They tempted God--tempted his power, whether he could help them in their straits--his goodness, whether he would--and his faithfulness, whether his promise would be performed.

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9. Deuteronomy 29:19–21

   because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:19–211 voice

   “Compare on the thought Jer 23:17. The secret and presumptuous sinner is meant who flatters himself that all is well and will be well with him, since he follows his own devices and prospers. Compare Psa 73:11 ff. To add drunkenness to thirst - The sense is probably: “Himself, drinking iniquity like water, Job 15:16, he corrupts and destroys others who are thirsting for it or prone to it.” The sense of the whole passage from Deu 29:16 onward to Deu 29:20 may be exhibited thus: “Ye have seen the abominations of idolatry among the pagan.

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10. 1 Samuel 2:25

    If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:252 voices

    “Because their father [Eli] did not chastise them with enough severity … he moved the forbearance of God to wrath so great that foreign peoples rose up against them and killed those sons of his in war in one day. His entire nation, furthermore, was vanquished, and a considerable number of his people fell.

    “The law prohibits priests in the case of certain sins from offering a sacrifice to gain people forgiveness for the transgressions for which sacrifices are made. For though the priest has authority to make an offering for certain inadvertent sins or transgressions, nevertheless he does not offer a burnt offering and a sin offering for adultery, deliberate murder, or any other graver fault.

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11. 1 Samuel 15:23

    For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:232 voices

    “Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people.

    “24. What is it that those who resist and refuse to comply are likened by the prophet to diviners and idolaters, except that diviners strove to know divine things and to divine hidden matters, while idolaters subjected themselves to figments by venerating them? But those who resist the commands of their superiors resist precisely because they judge that they know the divine will better.

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12. 2 Kings 17:14

    But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 17:142 voices

    “Notwithstanding, they would not hear,.... Their instructions, advice, and admonitions, and obey them: but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God: as Terah and Nahor, who were idolaters; or rather, their fathers in the wilderness, that made and served the calf, and those that rebelled against Moses and Aaron; it is a metaphor taken from oxen, that will not submit their necks to the yoke, but draw back from it, or cast it off, see Act 7:51.

    “To “harden” or “stiffen the neck” is a common Hebrew expression significative of unbending obstinacy and determined self-will. See the marginal references.

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13. 2 Chronicles 24:19

    Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.

    ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:191 voice

    “Some such thing we read of in the book of Chronicles. For Joash the king of Judah at the age of seven was summoned by Jehoiada the priest to the kingdom and by the witness of Scripture is commended for all his actions as long as the aforesaid priest lived. But hear what Scripture relates of him after Jehoiada's death and how he was puffed up with pride and given over to a most disgraceful state.

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14. 2 Chronicles 25:16

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

    ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25:161 voice

    “Art thou made of the king’s counsel? - A subtle irony: “Have I made thee one of my council? If not what entitles thee to offer thy advice?” For the fulfillment of the prophecy, see 2Ch 25:22-24, 2Ch 25:27.

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15. 2 Chronicles 33:10

    And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

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16. 2 Chronicles 33:23

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

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