Psalm 78:8

Lessons From Israel's Past

⁷ That they should put their confidence in God
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments,
⁸ And not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
⁹ The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

With God

O God

Psalm 78:37

For their heart was not steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

Exodus 32:9

The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?

2 Kings 17:14

However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

Ezekiel 20:18

“I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are an obstinate people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

2 Chronicles 30:7

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror, as you see.

Exodus 33:5

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are an obstinate people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.’”

Exodus 34:9

He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”

Deuteronomy 4:4

But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

Deuteronomy 9:6-7

“Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:13

The Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day I knew you.

Joshua 14:8-9

Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the Lord my God fully.

2 Chronicles 12:14

He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 19:3

But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

2 Chronicles 20:33

The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 30:19

everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

Job 11:13

“If you would direct your heart right
And spread out your hand to Him,

Psalm 68:6

God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses,
But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

Isaiah 30:9

For this is a rebellious people, false sons,
Sons who refuse to listen
To the instruction of the Lord;

Ezekiel 2:3-8

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Matthew 23:31-33

So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Acts 7:51

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

Acts 11:23

Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;