What Does the Bible Say About Impenitence?

“But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.”

“And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.”

“But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.”

“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”

“And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.”

“For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.”

“And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. contrary: or, at all adventures with me”

“I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.”

“And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;”

“Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.”

“Because 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;”

“Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Surely: Heb. If they see the land”

“And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: imagination: or, stubbornness drunkenness: Heb. the drunken to the thirsty”

“The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.”

“And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: are: Heb. is”

“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”

“And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. a God: Heb. a God of pardons”

“And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. withdrew: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder”

“Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. forbear: Heb. protract over them in thy: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets”

“I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? with God: or, before God?”

“He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?”

“They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.”

“For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.”

“God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. judgeth: or, is a righteous judge”

“If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.”

“He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.”

“For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. heart's: Heb. soul's blesseth: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD”

“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.”

“Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.”

“These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.”

“To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.”

“Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. wickedness: or, substance”

“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon: Heb. from the belly”

“Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc adder: or, asp”

“Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. charming: or, be the charmer never so cunning”

“But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.”

“And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart”

“But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.”

“So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. unto: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination”

“They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. out: Heb. moved”

“Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: provocation: Heb. contention”

“Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: the pleasant: Heb. a land of desire”

“But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.”

“Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:”

“Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.”

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”

“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:”

“I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;”

“When your fear cometh as desolation , and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.”

“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:”

“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”

“They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.”

“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”

“The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.”

“Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. Correction: or, Instruction”

“He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. instruction: or, correction heareth: or, obeyeth getteth: Heb. possesseth an heart”

“He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.”

“A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. directeth: or, considereth”

“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly”

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”

“Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.”

“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. He: Heb. A man of reproofs”

“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”

“But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.”

“Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.”

“To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.”

“Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.”

“Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Many: Heb. Days above a year”

“Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.”

“But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes , and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. they are all: or, in snaring all the young men of them for a spoil: Heb. a treading”

“Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? for: Heb. for the after time?”

“Who gave Jacob for a spoil , and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.”

“Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.”

“Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted , that are far from righteousness:”

“I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.”

“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; obstinate: Heb. hard”

“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.”

“And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?”

“Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.”

“And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:”

“I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. delusions: or, devices”

“Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. There: or, Is the case desperate?”

“And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.”

“And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.”

“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. lightness: or, fame”

“And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. feignedly: Heb. in falsehood”

“Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: understanding: Heb. heart”

“Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?”

“But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.”

“Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

“To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.”

“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”

“Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.”

“Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.”

“And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;”

“Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.”

“And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.”

“Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.”