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# stiff-necked, stubborn
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## Definition
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The term "stiff-necked" is an idiom describing people who keep disobeying God and refuse to respond to his correction. They are very proud.
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* The Israelites were stiff-necked in their attitude toward the prophets who foretold the coming of the Messiah.
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* They were also stiff-necked and stubborn in their persistence in worshiping false gods.
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* This term could be translated as "pridefully stubborn" or "arrogant and unyielding."
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* A stiff-necked person refuses to submit to God's authority
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* Other languages may also have an idiom that has this same meaning.
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