1 Samuel 6:6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
Cross-reference
Exodus 7:13 records the first instance of Pharaoh’s heart being hardened, directly grounding the example cited in 1 Samuel.
Exodus 8:15 shows Pharaoh hardening his heart after respite, another specific episode that matches the pattern described.
Exodus 9:34 reports Pharaoh hardening his heart again after the hail ceased, continuing the cycle of rebellion referenced.
Exodus 10:3 records God’s plea for humility before Pharaoh, contrasting the hardness later recalled in 1 Samuel.
Exodus 12:31-33 records Pharaoh finally letting Israel go — the very event 1 Samuel 6:6 references as proof that stubbornness leads to release.
Exodus 14:17 shows God hardening the Egyptians’ hearts for the final pursuit, the climactic result of the pattern mentioned.
Job 9:4 asks who has hardened himself against God and succeeded—mirrors the warning not to harden hearts like Pharaoh.
Exodus 11:10 states God hardened Pharaoh's heart so he would not let Israel go — the background to the warning in 1 Samuel 6:6 against hardening like Pharaoh.
Hebrews 3:8 quotes Psalm 95 warning 'Do not harden your hearts' — the same exhortation applied to believers, echoing the warning to the Philistines.
Romans 2:5 describes a hard and impenitent heart storing up wrath—a similar consequence of stubbornness, though focused on personal judgment.
Psalm 95:8 warns against hardening hearts like Israel at Meribah, echoing the same imagery but applied to a different rebellion in the wilderness.
Daniel 5:20 shows Nebuchadnezzar's heart hardened in pride leading to his downfall — another biblical example of the same pattern warned against in 1 Samuel 6:6.
Hebrews 3:13 warns against being hardened by sin’s deceit, offering a preventive perspective on the same spiritual danger.