Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Nor abide
General references
Bible References
Rebel
Luke 12:47
The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
John 3:19
The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.
John 9:39
And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."
John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32
Well aware of God's decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.
Romans 2:17
But, perhaps, you bear the name of 'Jew,' and are relying upon Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,
James 4:17
He, then, who knows what is right but fails to do it--that is sin in him.
Nor abide
John 8:31
So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;
John 15:6
If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.
2 Peter 2:20
If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.
1 John 2:19
From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.
Jude 1:6
and that even those angels, who did not keep to their appointed spheres, but left their proper homes, have been kept by him for the judgment of the Great Day in everlasting chains and black darkness.
General references
John 1:5
And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.