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Neh 9:16 — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

dealt		Neh 9:10,29; Exd 32:9; Deu 9:6,13,23,24,27; Deu 32:15; Psa 78:8-72; Psa 106:6; Isa 63:10; Jer 2:31; Act 7:51
hardened		Deu 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 2Ch 36:13; Psa 95:8-10; Pro 29:1; Isa 48:4; Jer 19:15; Rom 2:5; Hbr 3:13,15
hearkened		Exd 15:26; Deu 5:29; Psa 81:8,11-14; Isa 48:18; There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.

Correlating Passages

dealt

	Neh 9:10	And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.
	Neh 9:29	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.
	Exd 32:9	And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked people:
	Deu 9:6	Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people.
	Deu 9:13	Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked people:
	Deu 9:23	Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
	Deu 9:24	Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
	Deu 9:27	Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
	Deu 32:15	But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
	Psa 78:8	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.
	Psa 78:9	The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
	Psa 78:10	They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
	Psa 78:11	And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
	Psa 78:12	Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
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	Psa 106:6	We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
	Isa 63:10	But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
	Jer 2:31	O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
	Act 7:51	Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.

hardened

	Deu 31:27	For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
	2Ki 17:14	Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
	2Ch 30:8	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.
	2Ch 36:13	And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
	Psa 95:8	Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:
	Psa 95:9	When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
	Psa 95:10	Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
	Pro 29:1	He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
	Isa 48:4	Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
	Jer 19:15	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
	Rom 2:5	But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
	Hbr 3:13	But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
	Hbr 3:15	While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

hearkened

	Exd 15:26	And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.
	Deu 5:29	O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
	Psa 81:8	Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
	Psa 81:11	But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
	Psa 81:12	So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.
	Psa 81:13	Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!
	Psa 81:14	I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
	Isa 48:18	O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 9:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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