Leviticus 26:21

And if you still walk perversely with Me, and will not hearken to the doctrine of My law, I will add to bring upon you (yet) seven plagues, for the seven transgressions with which ye have sinned before Me;

stubbornness Although this word has no cognate, many people agree that it denotes boldness, contention, strengthening of resolve and dismissal of fear, so as not to be vanquished. Others relate the word to “all that had happened” [Genesis 42:29]. They interpret the word along the lines of the Philistines’ statement, “It is not His hand that smote us: it was a happenstance” [I Samuel 6:9]. Both explanations either require an implied “with” (as in “[within] six days” [Exodus 20:11]), or else the sentence means, “if you walk [the ways of] stubbornness against me”. I have shown you many similar sentences. Note that Scripture here says corresponding to your sins — which means that He will not exceed their magnitude — whereas the previous phrase “above your sins” [:18] modified “to punish you” [:18] and means “ because of your sins”.

ואם תלכו עמי קרי, Menachem interprets the word קרי as related to Proverbs 28,17 הוקר רגלך, “restrain your foot.” This is nonsense. The word הוקר in Proverbs is derived from a group of verbs known as פ'ה, first root letter being the letter ה, as in Genesis 47,6 הושב את אביך, a transitive mode of the root ישב, meaning: “settle your father, etc.” The word קרי is derived from the root קרה as in Numbers 23,15, meaning: “if you will walk with Me as if your fate is subject to coincidences, totally arbitrary happenings, not subject to providence, as a person who walks haphazardly, not following a definitive direction.”