May 15, 22
The Content of My Heart
5/15/22 susan allen
Ex 7:13 And he hardened (to grow rigid) Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened (hard, difficult), he refuseth to let the people go.
:22 and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
Ex 8:15 he hardened his heart, & hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
Ex 9:7 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, & he hearkened not unto them;
:34 he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart
:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
Mark 3:5 And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Grieved: sympathetic grief because of their self-injury
For the hardness of their hearts: callousness of their hearts
Process, perception dulled over time
Mark 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
Mark 8:17 kjv17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Ezek 11:19 NIV I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
Adam Clarke: I will take away that which would not receive the impressions of my Spirit and will give them one that is capable of receiving and retaining these impressions
Rom 2:4 niv Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
Prov 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Heb 3:7 AMP Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of Israel] and their provocation and embitterment [of Me] in the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tried [My patience] and tested [My forbearance] and found I stood their test, and they saw My works for forty years. 10 And so I was provoked (displeased and sorely grieved) with that generation, and said, They always err and are led astray in their hearts, and they have not perceived or recognized My ways and become progressively better and more experimentally and intimately acquainted with them.
Ps 139
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