What does Psalm 95:8 mean?

Psalm 95:8 highlights themes such as obedience, warning, faith when read in context.

How should I apply Psalm 95:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

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Exodus 17:7
Both verses reference the provocation of the people in the wilderness.
Hebrews 4:7
This verse reiterates the importance of not hardening hearts in relation to God's voice.
Matthew 13:15
Jesus speaks of people's hearts being hardened to His message.