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Acts 9:2
He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them— both men and women— back to Jerusalem in chains.
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Acts 19:23
About that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus concerning the Way.
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Acts 14:4
But the people of the town were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
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Acts 13:45-46
But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared,“ It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles.
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Acts 18:6-8
But when they opposed and insulted him, Paul shook the dust from his clothes and said,“ Your blood is upon your own heads— I am innocent. From now on I will go preach to the Gentiles.”Then he left and went to the home of Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God and lived next door to the synagogue.Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, and everyone in his household believed in the Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard Paul, became believers, and were baptized.
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Acts 7:51
“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!
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Matthew 26:55
Then Jesus said to the crowd,“ Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
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2 Chronicles 30 8
Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the Lord. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the Lord your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.
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Acts 20:31
Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you— my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you.
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Acts 19:30
Paul wanted to go in, too, but the believers wouldn’t let him.
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Acts 24:21
except for the one time I shouted out,‘ I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’”
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Acts 17:4
Some of the Jews who listened were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with many God fearing Greek men and quite a few prominent women.
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John 12:40
“ The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts— so that their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.”
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2 Timothy 4 2
Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.
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Matthew 16:4
Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.
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Romans 11:7
So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have— the ones God has chosen— but the hearts of the rest were hardened.
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2 Timothy 1 15
As you know, everyone from the province of Asia has deserted me— even Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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Luke 12:51-53
Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against— or two in favor and three against.‘ Father will be divided against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother in law against daughter in law and daughter in law against mother in law.’”
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Isaiah 8:14
He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.
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Proverbs 8:34
Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home!
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Nehemiah 9:29
“ You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
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2 Peter 2 12
These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.
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Hebrews 3:13
You must warn each other every day, while it is still“ today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
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2 Chronicles 36 16
But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.
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Jude 1:10
But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.
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Psalms 95:8
The Lord says,“ Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.
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Romans 9:18
So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.
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1 Timothy 6 5
These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.
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Acts 11:26
When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people.( It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.)
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2 Kings 17 14
But the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to believe in the Lord their God.
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Matthew 15:14
so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
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Jeremiah 7:26
But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful— even worse than their ancestors.
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Acts 22:4
And I persecuted the followers of the Way, hounding some to death, arresting both men and women and throwing them in prison.
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Acts 28:22
But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about this movement is that it is denounced everywhere.”
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2 Timothy 3 5
They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
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Jeremiah 19:15
“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:‘ I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.’”
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Nehemiah 9:16-17
“ But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
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2 Peter 2 2
Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.