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Thematic Bible: Self-will and stubbornness


Thematic Bible


Jeremiah 6:16
Jehovah says: Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest. But you said: We will not walk in it! Verse ConceptsGospel, Requirements OfGuidance, Need For God'sGod's WaysRest, SpiritualRestlessnessRejection Of God's CallObstinacy Against GodPaths Of RighteousnessOld ThingsLearning The Right WayGod Giving RestHighwaysPaths

Psalm 78:10
They did not keep the covenant of God. They refused to walk in his law. Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

Nehemiah 9:17
They would not obey you and gave no thought to the wonders you did among them. They became stubborn and turning away from you. They appointed a leader over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt. However, you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

Isaiah 42:24
Who gave Israel up to the looters? It was Jehovah, against whom we sinned! We would not live as he wanted us to live or obey the teachings he gave us. Verse ConceptsSelf Will

Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen or obey his father or his mother when they chastise him, Verse ConceptsImmaturityAcceptance, Of InstructionSelf WillChildren, UngratefulObstinate IndividualsMothers Love For Her ChildrenDeath Of A ChildMothers And SonsDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherParents LoveDiscipline Childdisobediencerebellionteenagerparenthood

Jeremiah 7:28
You will say to them: 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God or accept correction. Truth has perished and truth has been removed from their mouth. Verse ConceptsAdmonition, RecievingSelf WillThose Against TruthAgainst The Truth

Exodus 32:9
Jehovah added: I have seen these people. They have an iron sinew (stiff necked people) (are impossible to deal with). Verse ConceptsNecksStubbornnessStiffnecked PeopleSelf WillGod Seeing The Wicked

Deuteronomy 9:6
Understand this! It is not because you have been living right that Jehovah your God is giving you this good land to possess. You are a rebellious and impossible (stiff-necked) (stubborn) people! Verse ConceptsUnderstandingObstinacy Against GodStiffnecked PeopleNecksSelf Will

Deuteronomy 9:13
Jehovah spoke further to me: 'I have seen this people. They are a very stubborn people. Verse ConceptsGod Seeing The Wicked

Zechariah 7:11
They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. Verse ConceptsDeafnessWilful IgnoranceRebellion Against God, Shown InSpiritual DeafnessShouldersSelf WillRefusing To HearObstinate Individuals

1 Samuel 8:19
But the people refused to listen to Samuel. They said: We want a king! Verse ConceptsTheocracySelf Will

Jeremiah 44:16
We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of Jehovah. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessSelf Will

Psalm 95:8
Do not harden your hearts, as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy

Psalm 75:5
Do not lift up your horn on high. Do not speak with insolent pride. Verse ConceptsNecksSelf WillBraggingHorns WeakenedDo Not Be Proudarrogance

2 Chronicles 30:8
Do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to Jehovah and enter his sanctuary that he has consecrated from generation to generation. Serve Jehovah your God that His burning anger may turn away from you. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryStiffnecked People

Proverbs 29:1
He who is often reprimanded and hardens his neck will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Verse ConceptsProcrastinationSelf JustificationStubbornness, Consequences OfRejection Of God's CallDeath Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedStiffnecked PeopleNecksSelf WillSudden DestructionConsequences Of ObstinacyRecoveryHope And Healingrebuking

Deuteronomy 21:21
All the men of his city shall stone him to death. In that way you will remove the evil from your midst. All Israel will hear about it and fear. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstBanishmentPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf WillChildren, UngratefulFear Is DueInstructions About Stoning

Exodus 34:9
He prayed: Jehovah, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us. It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious. However, please forgive our sin and let us be your people. Verse ConceptsPrayer, For OthersStiffnecked PeopleNecksSelf WillGod Goes With YouGod Forgive!

Deuteronomy 9:27
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSelf Will

Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

Jeremiah 23:17
They keep saying to those who despise me, Jehovah says: 'Everything will go well for you.' They tell all who live by their own stubborn ways: 'Nothing bad will happen to you.' Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceFalse ProphetsSelf WillNo Peaceimagination

Psalm 78:8
They should 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. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodGenerationsAttitudes Of StubbornnessLoyaltyRebellion, Of IsraelSelf WillNot Like PeopleBeing Differentrebellionfatherhoodapostasy

Deuteronomy 31:27
I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against Jehovah. How much more rebellious will you be after I die? Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelNecksSelf WillObstinate IndividualsKnowing FactsRebellion against Godrebellion

Nehemiah 9:29
You admonished them so that you might make them come back again to your law. Their hearts were lifted up, and they paid no attention to your orders. They went against your life giving decisions and turned their backs on you. They were stubborn and did not listen. Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfStiffnecked PeopleLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The LawProud People

Nehemiah 9:16
But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and paid no attention to your orders. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNecksPride, Results OfSelf JustificationStubbornnessUnbelief, As Response To GodSelf WillProud PeopleBreaking God's Law

2 Peter 2:10
This is primarily for those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble at glorious ones but speak abusively. Verse ConceptsContemptdesiresPresumptionSin, Causes OfStubbornnessSuperiorityHeart, Affections OfAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsAccusations, Source OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedImpurityDespisersPathways Of SinSelf WillLiving For The MaterialObstinate IndividualsPassionAbuseRespecting Authority

Proverbs 7:11
She is loud and rebellious and never stays at home. Verse ConceptsSelf WillWanderersFeet In ActionA Good Womanrebellion

Jeremiah 31:18
I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofObstinacy Against GodCalvesChastisementRevival, CorporateAfflictions, Prayer DuringAfflictions, Benefits OfSelf WillReinstating PeopleDisciplineYou Are Our God

Psalm 32:9
Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you. Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals

Deuteronomy 21:18-19
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen or obey his father or his mother when they chastise him, His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

2 Chronicles 36:13
Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God's name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to Jehovah the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

2 Chronicles 36:13
Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God's name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to Jehovah the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

2 Chronicles 35:22
But Josiah would not stop his attack. He disguised himself as he went into battle. He refused to listen to Necho's words, which came from God. He went to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

1 Samuel 15:19-23
Why then did you not obey the voice of Jehovah? Why did you pounce on the plunder? Why did you do evil in the sight of Jehovah? Then Saul said to Samuel: I did obey the voice of Jehovah. I went on the mission Jehovah sent me. I brought back Agag the king of Amalek. I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. The people took from the plunder of the flock the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to Jehovah your God in Gilgal. read more.
Samuel said: What is more pleasing to Jehovah, burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obeying is better than sacrifice. To pay attention is better than the fat of rams. The sin of divination is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. They are evil. Because you rejected the word of Jehovah, he rejects you as king.

Hebrews 3:7-12
The Holy Spirit says: Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts and be stubborn like those who tested me in the day of temptation in the wilderness. Your forefathers examined (inspected) (scrutinized) me by proving (testing) me. And they saw my works for forty years. read more.
I was disgusted (angry) with this generation, and said: 'They always go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.' So I swore in my anger: 'They will not enter into my rest.' Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you develop a wicked heart lacking faith and turning away (departing) from the living God.

1 Samuel 15:23
The sin of divination is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. They are evil. Because you rejected the word of Jehovah, he rejects you as king. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordPride, Evil OfRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfSin, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfSelf WillGod Abandoning IndividualsConsequences Of Forsaking GodArrogantly Like GodIdolatryNature Of IdolatryDeposingFinal RevoltRebellion against GodSorcerycancermagicdisobediencearrogancerebellionwitches

Proverbs 1:24
I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me. Verse ConceptsThe Call Of GodSelf WillStretching OutRejectionListening To Godconsequencesanswersattention

Nehemiah 9:16
But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and paid no attention to your orders. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNecksPride, Results OfSelf JustificationStubbornnessUnbelief, As Response To GodSelf WillProud PeopleBreaking God's Law

Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

2 Kings 17:14
They would not obey. They were stubborn like their ancestors. They did not trust in Jehovah their God. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofImpenitence, Warnings AgainstListeningStubbornnessUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyNecksDoubting GodUnbelief Toward God

2 Samuel 24:4
The king made Joab and his officers obey his order. They left his presence and went out to count the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessSelf WillCensus

Genesis 49:6
I will not join in their secret talks. I will not take part in their meetings. They killed people in anger. They crippled bulls for sport. Verse ConceptsIrritationParticipation, In SinAnger Of Man, CauseSelf WillEvil AssociationsObstinate IndividualsReady To KillSports

Judges 2:19
When the judge was dead they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers. They followed other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They did not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways. Verse ConceptsHabitsSin, Nature OfSelf WillBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsDeath Of Office HoldersGod's People Sinning

Isaiah 48:4
I knew that you would prove to be stubborn. You were as rigid as iron and unyielding as copper. Verse ConceptsBronzeForeheadsAttitudes Of StubbornnessIron, Figurative Use OfIronStubbornnessObstinacy Against GodSelf WillBrassThings Like BronzeThings Like Ironmuscles

Titus 1:7
The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain. Verse ConceptsAlcoholExcessdrinking, abstention fromDeception, Christian Leaders Must NotGreed, Believers' Response ToHonestyMoney, Attitudes ToOverseersProfitsShepherds, As Church LeaderTrustworthinessViolenceWatchfulness, Of LeadersPastorsTemperanceMinisters, Should BeMinisters, Should Not BeSelf WillAnger ManagementBeing Slow To AngerAvoiding ObstinacyNot Too Much WineAddictionDrunkennessDishonesty

Acts 7:51
You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did. Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodNecksEarsHearingImpenitence, Warnings AgainstOffences Against The Holy SpiritResistanceSin, Against Holy SpiritSpiritualityStriving With GodStubbornnessUnbelief, As Response To GodUncircumcisionCharacter Of WickedBoldness Examples OfThe Holy Spirit, Being AgainstOfferings, Old Testamnent Kinds OfCourage, Examples OfSelf WillThe Unpardonable SinResisting Holy SpiritImitating Wicked PeopleNature Of The HeartUncircumcised In Heartghosts

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