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Hebrews 3:7–8

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Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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From verse 7

  1. Psalms 95:7–11Rank 1 from verse 7
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    7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

    8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

    10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

    11Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

  2. Hebrews 3:15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

  3. Isaiah 55:3Rank 3 from verse 7
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    3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  4. Revelation 3:20Rank 4 from verse 7
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    20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

  5. Hebrews 4:7Rank 5 from verse 7
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    7Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

  6. John 10:27Rank 6 from verse 7
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  7. Psalms 81:13Rank 7 from verse 7
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    13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

  8. Hebrews 3:13Rank 8 from verse 7
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    13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

  9. 2 Corinthians 6:1–2Rank 9 from verse 7
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    1WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

    2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

  10. Matthew 17:5Rank 10 from verse 7
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    5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

  11. Psalms 81:11Rank 11 from verse 7
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    11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

  12. John 10:3Rank 12 from verse 7
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    3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

  13. Isaiah 55:6Rank 13 from verse 7
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    6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

  14. John 5:25Rank 14 from verse 7
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    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

  15. John 10:16Rank 15 from verse 7
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    16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

  16. Ecclesiastes 9:10Rank 16 from verse 7
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    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  17. 2 Peter 1:21Rank 17 from verse 7
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    21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

  18. 2 Samuel 23:2Rank 18 from verse 7
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    2The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

  19. Hebrews 9:8Rank 19 from verse 7
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    8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

  20. Matthew 22:43Rank 20 from verse 7
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    43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

  21. Proverbs 27:1Rank 21 from verse 7
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    1BOAST not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  22. Acts 28:25Rank 22 from verse 7
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    25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

  23. Mark 12:36Rank 23 from verse 7
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    36For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  24. James 4:13–15Rank 24 from verse 7
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    13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

    14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

    15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

  25. Acts 1:16Rank 25 from verse 7
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    16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

From verse 8

  1. Proverbs 28:14Rank 1 from verse 8
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    14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

  2. Exodus 17:7Rank 2 from verse 8
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    7And 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?

  3. Matthew 13:15Rank 3 from verse 8
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    15For 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 understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  4. Zechariah 7:11–12Rank 4 from verse 8
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    11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

    12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.

  5. Daniel 5:20Rank 5 from verse 8
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    20But 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:

  6. Ezekiel 3:7–9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    7But 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.

    8Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

    9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  7. Jeremiah 7:26Rank 7 from verse 8
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    26Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

  8. Psalms 78:18Rank 8 from verse 8
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    18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

  9. Psalms 78:56Rank 9 from verse 8
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    56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

  10. Exodus 8:15Rank 10 from verse 8
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    15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

  11. Hebrews 3:12–13Rank 11 from verse 8
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    12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

    13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

  12. Job 9:4Rank 12 from verse 8
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    4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  13. Proverbs 29:1Rank 13 from verse 8
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    1HE, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  14. 2 Chronicles 36:13Rank 14 from verse 8
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    13And 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.

  15. Deuteronomy 6:16Rank 15 from verse 8
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    16¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

  16. Deuteronomy 9:22–24Rank 16 from verse 8
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    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

    23Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

    24Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

  17. Psalms 106:14Rank 17 from verse 8
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    14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

  18. 1 Corinthians 10:9Rank 18 from verse 8
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    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

  19. 1 Samuel 6:6Rank 19 from verse 8
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    6Wherefore 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?

  20. Acts 19:9Rank 20 from verse 8
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    9But 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.

  21. Nehemiah 9:16Rank 21 from verse 8
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    16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

  22. Numbers 14:11Rank 22 from verse 8
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    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?

  23. Romans 2:5–6Rank 23 from verse 8
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    5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

    6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  24. 2 Chronicles 30:8Rank 24 from verse 8
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    8Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

  25. 2 Kings 17:14Rank 25 from verse 8
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    14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

  26. Numbers 14:22–23Rank 26 from verse 8
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    22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

    23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

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Hebrews 3:7

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ghost

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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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Hebrews 3:8

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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hearts

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The inward lives of persons: their thoughts, understanding, conscience, affections, desires, purposes, will, courage, or disposition.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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3:1WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

3:2Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

3:3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

3:4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

3:5And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

3:7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

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3:8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

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3:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

3:10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

3:11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

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