Hebrews 3:8
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
KJV
μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ, κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ πειρασμοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,
Greek NT
nolite obdurare corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatione secundum diem tentationis in deserto,
Vulgate
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
ASV
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the desert,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
παραπικρασμός
parapikrasmos
noun · 2×
πειρασμός
peirasmos
noun · 21×
σκληρύνω
skleruno
verb · 6×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρημος
eremos
adjective · 48×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
And now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open, and stands in the door calling and crying with a loud voice to poor sinners. Many that were in the same miserable condition that you are in, are now in a happy state, with their hearts filled with love to Him who loved them. Therefore, let every one that is out of Christ,…
To conclude: look for entire sanctification, look for full salvation, every moment. The very moment you believe, it is yours. You may expect it as you are, and you may expect it now. It is of importance to observe that there is an inseparable connection between these three points — expect it by faith, expect it as you are, and expect it now.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 1Sam 6:6 — Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
- 2Chr 36:13 — And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
- Acts 19:9 — But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
- Dan 5:20 — But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
- Deut 1:34 — And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
- Deut 2:14 — And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, a
- Deut 6:16 — Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Deut 6:16 — Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Deut 9:22 — And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
- Exod 8:15 — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Exod 8:15 — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Exod 17:7 — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
- Exod 17:7 — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
- Ezek 3:7 — But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
- Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Jer 7:26 — Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
- Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
- Luke 4:12 — And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
- Neh 9:16 — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- Num 14:11 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
- Num 14:11 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
- Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
- Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Ps 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Ps 78:41 — Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 78:56 — Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- Ps 95:8 — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- Ps 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- Ps 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- Rom 2:5 — But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Zech 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.