Bible Verses About Self-Will and Stubbornness: Forbidden
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And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
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.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
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Now 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.
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: