Deuteronomy 9:13
Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Cross-reference
In Deuteronomy 9:6, the same phrase 'stiff-necked people' is used earlier in the same chapter to explain why God gives the land.
In Deuteronomy 10:16, Moses commands Israel to no longer be stiff-necked, directly addressing the condition described in Deut 9:13.
In Deuteronomy 31:27, Moses again calls Israel stiff-necked and rebellious, reaffirming the assessment.
Exodus 32:9 contains the exact same statement 'I have seen this people, and it is a stubborn people' — a direct citation.
Exodus 32:10 parallels God's proposal to destroy Israel and start over with Moses, continuing the same dialogue.
In Nehemiah 9:16, the people stiffened their neck and disobeyed — using the same idiom as 'stiff-necked' in Deut 9:13.
Psalm 78:8 echoes the same 'stubborn and rebellious generation' description, reinforcing Israel's character.
Psalm 106:23 recounts Moses standing in the breach when God threatened destruction — the very event rooted in this stubbornness.
Acts 7:51 calls the people 'stiff-necked' — the same term used here for stubbornness, applied to a later generation.
In 2 Kings 17:14, the people are described as stubborn like their fathers — echoing the 'stiff-necked' rebellion from Deut 9:13.