Romans 9:18

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 10:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the king of Egypt. I have made him and his officers stubborn so I could show them my powerful miracles.

Exodus 10:20

But the Lord caused the king to be stubborn again, and he did not let the Israelites go.

Exodus 10:27

But the Lord made the king stubborn again, so he refused to let them go.

Exodus 11:10

Moses and Aaron did all these great miracles in front of the king. But the Lord made him stubborn, and the king would not let the Israelites leave his country.

Exodus 14:17

I will make the Egyptians stubborn so they will chase the Israelites, but I will be honored when I defeat the king and all of his chariot drivers and chariots.

Exodus 14:4

I will make the king stubborn again so he will chase after them, but I will defeat the king and his army. This will bring honor to me, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” The Israelites did just as they were told.

Exodus 4:21

The Lord said to Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, do all the miracles I have given you the power to do. Show them to the king of Egypt. But I will make the king very stubborn, and he will not let the people go.

Exodus 7:13

Still the king was stubborn and refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 7:3

But I will make the king stubborn. I will do many miracles in Egypt,

Exodus 9:12

But the Lord made the king stubborn, so he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 9:7

The king sent people to see what had happened to the animals of Israel, and they found that not one of them had died. But the king was still stubborn and did not let the people go.

Isaiah 63:17

Lord, why are you making us wander from your ways? Why do you make us stubborn so that we don’t honor you? For our sake come back to us, your servants, who belong to you.

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 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.

Ephesians 1:6

and it brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely, in Christ, the One he loves.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass, because the Lord your God had made him stubborn. The Lord wanted you to defeat Sihon, and now this has happened.

Joshua 11:20

The Lord made those people stubborn so they would fight against Israel and he could completely destroy them without mercy. This is what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.