Hard-hearted people are typically the way they are because something has happened somewhere in their past that made them brokenhearted people. They risked vulnerability or trust or relationship and they were hurt, betrayed, or rejected.
Britannica Dictionary definition of HARD–HEARTED. [more hard–hearted; most hard–hearted] : having or showing no kindness or sympathy for other people.
Normal aging, conditions such as kidney disease or diabetes, or even physical trauma to the chest can trigger heart calcification—but the exact hardening mechanism is still largely unknown.
According to Gordon Neufeld, a heart can only be softened with the cultivation of safe and caring attachments with others. It is relationship that offers someone the promise of safety, warmth, and dependence. It is attachment that is the antidote to facing too much separation and wounding.
Matthew 13:15 NLT
For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them. '
Having a soft heart means we are teachable and loving. We have faith in Jesus Christ and try to become like Him. Having a hard heart means we are stubborn and unwilling to change.
A “heart of stone” is cold, impenetrable, stubborn, and unrepentant.
As the King James Bible puts it, “Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said. And Pharaoh turned and went into his house.” Pharaoh's hard-hearted refusal brings on the next plague, frogs.
If you describe someone as hardened, you mean that they have had so much experience of something bad or unpleasant that they are no longer affected by it in the way that other people would be.
adjective. hard-heart·ed ˈhärd-ˈhär-təd. Synonyms of hard-hearted. : lacking in sympathetic understanding : unfeeling, pitiless. hard-heartedly adverb.
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the muscular heart walls (septum) are much thicker (hypertrophied) than those in a typical heart. The thickening can occur anywhere in the left lower heart chamber (left ventricle).
A person with a hardened heart does not recognize the spiritual realities around him. A hard-hearted person cannot see the way God is working in their situation, even though close family, relatives, and friends are telling him so. A Hardened Heart Might Want Something from God (Ex. 8:28) but Does Not Hear God.
/ˈsɔfti/ If you're softhearted, you're extremely caring and considerate—maybe even a little too much. Softhearted people generally make better kindergarten teachers than professional boxers.
He takes out the heart of stone and puts in the heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19). We should be encouraged that God can take out any hard heart that he has handed people over to. In other words, salvation isn't a mingling of human resolve and God's resolve. It is a powerful sovereign work of God replacing hearts.
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” The Good News: Though you may feel defeated, God is closer than you realize. He is always with you and can heal your heart.
John 1:11 says, “He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.” And so He wept. This broke His heart, and it still does. Unbelief and rejection breaks God's heart, because He knows the consequences.
Please guide me and change me, oh God. Please give me Your heart for others and the world around me. Each and every day, help me to see, through Your eyes, the truth of what is, what has been and what will one day come. In the name of Your son Jesus I pray, Amen.
Please soften my heart, dear Lord, and when I am stubborn and closed, please rebuke me in Your great love so that I will always turn back to You and Your saving message with all my heart. Jesus, I trust in You.
The heart is meant to be open and receptive to the divine guidance, light, and love. However, the hearts of those who do wrong can become hard and harsh. The Quran teaches that God has sent down a beautiful scripture, and those who fear Him tremble when they read it, causing their skin and hearts to soften.
2) Allah can control the movements of the heart and mind of the human being. In a Du'ā al-Gharīq we recite: Ya muqallibal qulūbi wal absār – O One who changes the hearts and sights. He is aware of all that enters the heart and has full control over it.