Exodus 4:21

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord said to Moses: On your return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said: My spirit shall not remain in human beings forever, because they are only flesh. Their days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years.

1 Kings 22:22

He answered, ‘I will go forth and become a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord replied: You shall succeed in deceiving him. Go forth and do this.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their hearts to hate his people, to treat his servants deceitfully.

Psalm 78:43

When he performed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the plain of Zoan.

Exodus 10:1

Then the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh, for I have made him and his servants obstinate in order that I may perform these signs of mine among them

Exodus 10:20

Yet the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go. Ninth Plague: The Darkness.

Exodus 10:27

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

Exodus 11:10

Thus, although Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders in Pharaoh’s presence, the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go from his land.

Exodus 11:9

The Lord said to Moses: Pharaoh will not listen to you so that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 14:17

But I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and his horsemen.

Exodus 14:4

I will so harden Pharaoh’s heart that he will pursue them. Thus I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. This the Israelites did.

Exodus 14:8

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites while they were going out in triumph.

Exodus 3:19

Yet I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless his hand is forced.

Exodus 3:20

So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wondrous deeds I will do in its midst. After that he will let you go.

Exodus 7:13

Pharaoh, however, hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had foretold. First Plague: Water Turned into Blood.

Exodus 7:3

Yet I will make Pharaoh so headstrong that, despite the many signs and wonders that I work in the land of Egypt,

Exodus 8:11

But when Pharaoh saw there was a respite, he became obstinate and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. Third Plague: The Gnats.

Exodus 8:15

and the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. Fourth Plague: The Flies.

Exodus 9:12

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said to Moses. Seventh Plague: The Hail.

Exodus 9:35

In the hardness of his heart, Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people sluggish, dull their ears and close their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and their heart understand, and they turn and be healed.

Isaiah 63:17

Why do you make us wander, Lord, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we do not fear you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

John 12:40

“He blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and be converted, and I would heal them.”

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

Romans 9:18

Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the latter an odor of death that leads to death, to the former an odor of life that leads to life. Who is qualified for this?

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon and from the town in the wadi itself, as far as Gilead, no city was too well fortified for us. All of them the Lord, our God, gave over to us.

Joshua 11:20

For it was the Lord’s doing to make their hearts obstinate to meet Israel in battle, that they might be put under the ban without mercy, and be destroyed as the Lord had commanded Moses.

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that will make people stumble, and a rock that will make them fall.” They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny.