Romans 9:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.”
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“Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 9:18 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:21The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
- Exodus 7:13Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 9:7Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
- Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
- Joshua 11:20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Isaiah 63:17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
- Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- Acts 28:26‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
- Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
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