Romans 11:7

New Century Version

So this is what has happened: Although the Israelites tried to be right with God, they did not succeed, but the ones God chose did become right with him. The others were made stubborn and refused to listen to God.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:28

“Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me.

Isaiah 44:18

Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their minds don’t understand.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the minds of these people dumb. Shut their ears. Cover their eyes. Otherwise, they might really understand what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They might really understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”

Mark 6:52

They did not understand about the miracle of the five loaves, because their minds were closed.

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes, and he has closed their minds. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”

Romans 10:3

Because they did not know the way that God makes people right with him, they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.

Romans 11:5

It is the same now. There are a few people that God has chosen by his grace.

Romans 3:9

So are we Jews better than others? No! We have already said that Jews and those who are not Jews are all guilty of sin.

Romans 6:15

So what should we do? Should we sin because we are under grace and not under law? No!

Romans 9:18

So God shows mercy where he wants to show mercy, and he makes stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn.

Romans 9:23

He waited with patience so that he could make known his rich glory to the people who receive his mercy. He has prepared these people to have his glory,

1 Corinthians 10:19

I do not mean that the food sacrificed to an idol is important. I do not mean that an idol is anything at all.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed, and even today that same covering hides the meaning when they read the old agreement. That covering is taken away only through Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God.

Ephesians 1:4

That is, in Christ, he chose us before the world was made so that we would be his holy people—people without blame before him.

Ephesians 4:18

They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Philippians 1:18

But it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that in every way, whether for right or wrong reasons, they are preaching about Christ. So I am happy, and I will continue to be happy.

Hebrews 12:17

You remember that after Esau did this, he wanted to get his father’s blessing, but his father refused. Esau could find no way to change what he had done, even though he wanted the blessing so much that he cried.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours more and more.