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Hebrews 3:8

Hebrews 3:8
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Harden not you hearts,.... There is a natural hardness of the heart; the heart of man is like a stone, destitute of spiritual life, motion, and activity; it is senseless, stupid, impenitent, stubborn,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Harden not your hearts - Do not render the heart insensible to the divine voice and admonition. A hard heart is that where the conscience is seared and insensible; where truth makes no impression;…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Harden not your hearts - Which ye will infallibly do, if ye will not hear his voice.

Provocation - Παραπικρασμος· From παρα, signifying intensity, and πικραινω, to make bitter; the exasperation, or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hebrews 3:7-19

Here the apostle proceeds in pressing upon them serious counsels and cautions to the close of the chapter; and he recites a passage out of Psa 95:7, etc., where observe,

I. What he counsels them to do…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

harden not your hearts Comp. Act 19:9. Usually Godis said to harden man's heart (Exo 7:3, &c.; Isa 63:17; Rom 9:18) an anthropomorphic way of expressing the inevitable results of neglect and of evil…