Pharaoh’s pride rose higher than his throne.
(Exodus 5:2) (Exodus 9:17)

Though truth stood before him, he refused to bow his heart, and it turned to stone.
(Exodus 8:15) (Exodus 9:34–35)

Pharisees studied the Law but missed its message of love.
(Matthew 23:23) (John 5:39–40)

Filled with envy and blind to mercy, love, and justice, they saw God’s anointed one and called him a sinner.
(John 9:16) (Matthew 12:24)

The disciples had seen miracles with their eyes, but… not with their hearts. Wonder filled them, yet faith had not taken root.
(Mark 6:52) (Mark 8:17–18)

“We welcome those who doubt there is a God—that He is good. But don’t celebrate your unbelief, or else the yeast of the Pharisees will rob you of God’s faith.”
(Mark 8:15) (Matthew 16:6) (Hebrews 3:12)