Romans 9:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.

Cross References

Exodus 10:1

The LORD said to Moses: Go back to the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, so that I could work these miracles.

Exodus 10:20

but the LORD made the king so stubborn that he still refused to let the Israelites go.

Exodus 10:27

This time the LORD made the king so stubborn

Exodus 11:10

So the king of Egypt saw Moses and Aaron work miracles, but the LORD made him stubbornly refuse to let the Israelites leave his country.

Exodus 14:17

I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go after you. Then I will be praised because of what happens to the king and his chariots and cavalry.

Exodus 14:4

I will make the king stubborn again, and he will try to catch you. Then I will destroy him and his army. People everywhere will praise me for my victory, and the Egyptians will know that I really am the LORD. The Israelites obeyed the LORD and camped where he told them.

Exodus 4:21

On the way the LORD said to Moses: When you get to Egypt, go to the king and work the miracles I have shown you. But I will make him so stubborn that he will refuse to let my people go.

Exodus 7:13

The king behaved just as the LORD had said and stubbornly refused to listen.

Exodus 7:3

But I will make the king so stubborn that he won't listen to you. He won't listen even when I do many terrible things to him and his nation. Then I will bring a final punishment on Egypt, and the king will let Israel's families and tribes go.

Exodus 9:12

Everything happened just as the LORD had told Moses—he made the king too stubborn to listen to Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 9:7

When the king found out, he was still too stubborn to let the people go.

Isaiah 63:17

Why did you make us turn away from you, our LORD? Why did you make us want to disobey you? Please change your mind! We are your servants, your very own people.

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

Romans 11:25

My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in.

Ephesians 1:6

God was very kind to us because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon refused to let us go across his country, because the LORD made him stubborn and eager to fight us. The LORD told me, “I am going to help you defeat Sihon and take his land, so attack him!”