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Acts 7:51

Acts 7:51

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

stiffnecked: Exodus 32:9, Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Exodus 34:9; Deuteronomy 9:6, Deuteronomy 9:13, Deuteronomy 31:27; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Nehemiah 9:16; Psalms 75:5; Psalms 78:8; Isaiah 48:4; Jeremiah 17:23; Ezekiel 2:4; Zechariah 7:11-12

uncircumcised: Leviticus 26:41; Deuteronomy 10:16, Deuteronomy 30:6; Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 6:10, Jeremiah 9:25-26; Ezekiel 44:7, Ezekiel 44:9; Romans 2:25, Romans 2:28-29; Philippians 3:3; Colossians 2:11

resist: Acts 6:10; Nehemiah 9:30; Isaiah 63:10; Ephesians 4:30

as: Acts 7:9, Acts 7:27, Acts 7:35, Acts 7:39; Matthew 23:31-33

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