Acts 7:51

Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Othe

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no co

For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a sing

The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwis

but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ an

Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discip

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-nec

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not lis

But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My

This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigne

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive

They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord G

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your he

The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrate

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to po

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their