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Bible Verses About Stubbornness
Find Bible verses about stubbornness — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about stubbornness?
The Bible addresses stubbornness with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Jeremiah 18:12
“But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.”
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Deuteronomy 9:13
“Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:”
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Hosea 4:16
“For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.”
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Exodus 32:9
“Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.”
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1 Samuel 15:23
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king."”
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Luke 7:32
“They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'”
Psalms 81:12
“So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.”
Ezekiel 2:4
“The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh.”
Jeremiah 11:8
“Yet they didn't obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but the...”
Matthew 11:17
“and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'”
Jeremiah 23:17
“They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.”
Jeremiah 16:12
“and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:”
Jeremiah 7:24
“But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.”
Isaiah 9:13
“Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies.”
Psalms 58:4
“Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,”
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Deuteronomy 29:19 — “and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "I...”
Hosea 11:7 — “My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won't exal...”
1 Samuel 8:19 — “But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No; but we will have a king...”
Exodus 7:14 — “Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go....”
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