Acts 7:51

New Century Version

Stephen continued speaking: “You stubborn people! You have not given your hearts to God, nor will you listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell you, just as your ancestors were.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:14

But the people would not listen. They were stubborn, just as their ancestors had been who did not believe in the Lord their God.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don’t be stubborn as your ancestors were, but obey the Lord willingly. Come to the Temple, which he has made holy forever. Serve the Lord your God so he will not be angry with you.

Nehemiah 9:16

“But our ancestors were proud and stubborn and did not obey your commands.

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years and warned them by your Spirit through the prophets, but they did not pay attention. So you handed them over to other countries.

Psalm 75:5

Don’t try to use your power against heaven. Don’t be stubborn.’ ”

Psalm 78:8

They would not be like their ancestors who were stubborn and disobedient. Their hearts were not loyal to God, and they were not true to him.

Exodus 32:9

The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and I know that they are very stubborn.

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a fertile land. But I will not go with you, because I might destroy you on the way, since you are such a stubborn people.”

Exodus 33:5

This was because the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stubborn people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I would destroy you. So take off all your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’ ”

Exodus 34:9

He said, “Lord, if you are pleased with me, please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people, but forgive our evil and our sin. Take us as your own people.”

Isaiah 48:4

I knew you were stubborn; your neck was like an iron muscle, and your head was like bronze.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.

Jeremiah 17:23

But your ancestors did not listen or pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did not listen. I punished them, but it didn’t do any good.

Jeremiah 4:4

Give yourselves to the service of the Lord, and decide to obey him, people of Judah and people of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom can I speak? Whom can I warn? Who will listen to me? The people of Israel have closed ears, so they cannot hear my warnings. They don’t like the word of the Lord; they don’t want to listen to it!

Ezekiel 2:4

I am sending you to people who are stubborn and who do not obey. You will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’

Ezekiel 44:7

You brought foreigners into my Holy Place who were not circumcised in the flesh and had not given themselves to serving me. You dishonored my Temple when you offered me food, fat, and blood. You broke my agreement by all the things you did that I hate.

Ezekiel 44:9

This is what the Lord God says: Foreigners who are not circumcised in flesh and who do not give themselves to serving me may not enter my Temple. Not even a foreigner living among the people of Israel may enter.

Leviticus 26:41

which made me turn against them and send them into the land of their enemies. If these disobedient people are sorry for what they did and accept punishment for their sin,

Numbers 27:14

because you both acted against my command in the Desert of Zin. You did not honor me as holy before the people at the waters of Meribah.” (This was at Meribah in Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.)

Acts 6:10

But the Spirit was helping him to speak with wisdom, and his words were so strong that they could not argue with him.

Acts 7:27

The man who was hurting the other pushed Moses away and said, ‘Who made you our ruler and judge?

Acts 7:35

“This Moses was the same man the two men of Israel rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ Moses is the same man God sent to be a ruler and savior, with the help of the angel that Moses saw in the burning bush.

Acts 7:39

“But our ancestors did not want to obey Moses. They rejected him and wanted to go back to Egypt.

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons became jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 2:25

If you follow the law, your circumcision has meaning. But if you break the law, it is as if you were never circumcised.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not make the Holy Spirit sad. The Spirit is God’s proof that you belong to him. God gave you the Spirit to show that God will make you free when the final day comes.

Deuteronomy 10:16

Give yourselves completely to serving him, and do not be stubborn any longer.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will prepare you and your descendants to love him with your whole being so that you will live.

Deuteronomy 31:27

I know how stubborn and disobedient you are. You have disobeyed the Lord while I am alive and with you, and you will disobey even more after I die!

Deuteronomy 9:13

The Lord said to me, “I have watched these people, and they are very stubborn!

Deuteronomy 9:6

The Lord your God is giving you this good land to take as your own. But know this: It is not because you are good; you are a stubborn people.

Philippians 3:3

We are the ones who are truly circumcised. We worship God through his Spirit, and our pride is in Christ Jesus. We do not put trust in ourselves or anything we can do,

Colossians 2:11

Also in Christ you had a different kind of circumcision, a circumcision not done by hands. It was through Christ’s circumcision, that is, his death, that you were made free from the power of your sinful self.