Hebrews 3:8 “do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of…”

Hebrews 3:8

do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

American Standard Version

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

Geneva Bible 1599

Harden not your hearts, as in the prouocation, according to the day of the tentation in the wildernes,

Darby Translation

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

Young's Literal Translation

ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

Bible in Basic English

Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,

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Cross references

“Harden”

Proverbs 28:14 Matthew 13:15 Jeremiah 7:26 Ezekiel 3:7–9 Daniel 5:20 Exodus 8:15

Proverbs 28:14 · BSB

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Matthew 13:15 · BSB

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I…

Jeremiah 7:26 · BSB

Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Ezekiel 3:7–9 · BSB

But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

Daniel 5:20 · BSB

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Exodus 8:15 · BSB

When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

“as”

Psalm 78:56 Deuteronomy 9:22–24 Numbers 14:11 Numbers 14:22 Numbers 14:23

Psalm 78:56 · BSB

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Deuteronomy 9:22–24 · BSB

You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Numbers 14:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Numbers 14:22 · BSB

not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Numbers 14:23 · BSB

not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

“of”

Exodus 17:7 Psalm 78:18 Deuteronomy 6:16 Psalm 106:14 1 Corinthians 10:9

Exodus 17:7 · BSB

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Psalm 78:18 · BSB

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Deuteronomy 6:16 · BSB

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Psalm 106:14 · BSB

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

1 Corinthians 10:9 · BSB

We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

9where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

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