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
And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.
John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
John 9:39
"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
John 15:22
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
Romans 2:17
And since you claim the name of Jew, and find rest and satisfaction in the Law, and make your boast in God,
James 4:17
If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
Nor abide
John 8:31
Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;
John 15:6
If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, their last state has become worse than their first.
1 John 2:19
They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.
Jude 1:6
And angels--those who did not keep the position originally assigned to them, but deserted their own proper abode--He reserves in everlasting bonds, in darkness, in preparation for the judgement of the great day.
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John 1:5
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.