Acts 19:9
But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.
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2 Kings 17:14And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
Nehemiah 9:29And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.
Proverbs 8:34Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Jeremiah 7:26But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.
Matthew 15:14Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
Matthew Henry on Acts 19:9-13
Paul at Ephesus. 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And God… Read the whole commentary →