Exodus 4:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power, but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years.”

1 Kings 22:22

‘How?’ the Lord asked him. He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then the Lord said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do it.’

Psalm 105:25

whose hearts he then turned to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

Psalm 78:43

when he displayed his signs in Egypt and his miracles in the fields of Zoan.

Exodus 10:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his officials, in order that I may show these signs of mine among them

Exodus 10:20

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Exodus 10:27

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

Exodus 11:10

Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Exodus 11:9

The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, in order that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 14:17

Then I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and so I will gain glory for myself over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.

Exodus 14:4

I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, so that I will gain glory for myself over Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

Exodus 14:8

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out boldly.

Exodus 3:19

I know, however, that the king of Egypt will not let you go except by a mighty hand.

Exodus 3:20

So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will perform in it; after that he will let you go.

Exodus 7:13

However, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 7:3

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:11

the frogs shall leave you and your houses and your officials and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile.”

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:32

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and would not let the people go.

Exodus 9:12

But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

Exodus 9:35

So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the mind of this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not look with their eyes and listen with their ears and comprehend with their minds and turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 63:17

Why, O Lord, do you let us stray from your ways and let our heart harden, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your heritage.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not look with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn— and I would heal them.”

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.

Romans 9:18

So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one group a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is qualified for these things?

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon (including the town that is in the wadi itself) as far as Gilead, there was no citadel too high for us. The Lord our God gave everything to us.

Joshua 11:20

For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts so that they would come against Israel in battle, in order that they might be utterly destroyed and might receive no mercy but be exterminated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that makes them stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.