Isaiah 48:4
48:4 I did this because I know how stubborn you are.
Your neck muscles are like iron
and your forehead like bronze.
Psalms 76:5
76:5 The bravehearted were plundered;
they “fell asleep.”
All the warriors were helpless.
Zechariah 7:11-12
7:11 “But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
7:12 Indeed, they made their heart as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the Lord who rules over all had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the Lord who rules over all had poured out great wrath.
Malachi 3:13-15
Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency
3:13 “You have criticized me sharply,” says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’
3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?
3:15 So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”
Acts 7:51
7:51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!