24 Bible Verses about Instability
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That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;
And let him ask in faith, being at variance in nothing. For he being at variance is like the surge of the sea being moved by the wind and put in motion. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A man divided in opinion unsteady in all his ways.
And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand. And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.
Having eyes full of an adulteress, not ceasing from sin; decoying unstable souls: having a heart exercised with covetousness; children of a curse:
As also in all the epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things difficult to understand, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also the rest of the writings, to their own perdition.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that our fatigue is not in vain in the Lord.
Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.
If indeed ye remain in the faith, founded and firmly fixed, and not moved aside from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I Paul was a servant;
And the God of all grace, having called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, may he put you in proper order, having suffered a little time, may he support you, make firm, lay the foundation.
A king in judgment shall establish the land: and a man of presents shall overthrow it
And let him ask in faith, being at variance in nothing. For he being at variance is like the surge of the sea being moved by the wind and put in motion.
Their heart was divided; now shall they be guilty: he will break down their altars, he shall lay waste their images
I wonder that so quickly are ye transferred from him having called you by the grace of Christ to another good news:
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor boiling: I would thou shouldest be cold or boiling.
None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king: thou shalt not intermingle with those changing:
Why wilt thou despise greatly to do the second time thy way? also thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt as thou wert ashamed of Assur.
What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Judah? and your kindness as the cloud of the morning, and as the dew being early went away.
With various and strange teachings be not carried about. For good the heart be rendered firm by grace; not by food, in which they having walked about were not profited.
And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up.
And having been brought from Paphos, they about Paul came to Perga of Pamphylia: and John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem.
For before certain came from James, he ate with the nations: and when they came, he drew down, and separated himself, being afraid of them of the circumcision.
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Instability » Warnings against
Why wilt thou despise greatly to do the second time thy way? also thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt as thou wert ashamed of Assur.
What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Judah? and your kindness as the cloud of the morning, and as the dew being early went away.
That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;
With various and strange teachings be not carried about. For good the heart be rendered firm by grace; not by food, in which they having walked about were not profited.
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king: thou shalt not intermingle with those changing:
Instability » Examples of
I wonder that so quickly are ye transferred from him having called you by the grace of Christ to another good news:
For before certain came from James, he ate with the nations: and when they came, he drew down, and separated himself, being afraid of them of the circumcision.
And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up.
And having been brought from Paphos, they about Paul came to Perga of Pamphylia: and John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem.
Instability » Instances of » Solomon, in yielding to his idolatrous wives
And king Solomon loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites; From the nations which Jehovah said to the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you: surely they will turn your heart after their gods: to these Solomon joined to love. And there will be to him seven hundred chief wives, and three hundred concubines: and his wives will turn his heart read more.
And it will be at the time of the old age of Solomon his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God as the heart of David his father. And Solomon will go after Ashtaroth the god of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. And Solomon will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and he will not fill up after Jehovah as David his father. Then Solomon will build a height for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the mountain which is upon the face of Jerusalem, and for the king, the abomination of the sons of Ammon. And thus he did for all his strange wives, they burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.
Instability » Instances of » David, in yielding to lust
And it will be at the time of the evening, and David will rise from off his bed, and will go upon the roof of the king's house: and he will see from the roof a woman washing herself; and the woman good of aspect exceedingly. And David will send and seek for the woman, and say, Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David will send messengers and take her: and she will come in to him, and he will lie with her; (and she being consecrated from her uncleanness:) and she will turn back to her house. read more.
And the woman will conceive, and send and announce to David, and say, I am pregnant And David will send to Joab, Send to me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab will send Uriah to David. And Uriah will come to him, and David will ask for peace of Joab, and for the peace of the people, and for the peace of the host And David will say to Uriah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet And Uriah will go forth from the house of the king and a loan of the king will go forth after him. And Uriah will lie at the door of the house of the king with all the servants of his lord, and will not go down to his house.
Instability » Instances of » Saul, in his feelings toward david
And it will be in the time of giving Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, and he gave her to Adriel, the Meholathite, for wife,
Instability » Instances of » Some disciples of jesus
From this many of his disciples went away back, and walked no more with him.
Instability » Instances of » Lot's wife
Instability » Instances of » Mark
But Paul deemed worthy, having withdrawn from them from Pamphylia, and not having come with them to the work, not to take him with them.
Instability » Instances of » Reuben
Vain glorious as water, thou shalt not be preeminent; for thou didst go up out of thy father's. bed; then didst thou defile, going up to my couch.
Instability » Instances of » Ephraim and judah
What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Judah? and your kindness as the cloud of the morning, and as the dew being early went away.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Instability
And let him ask in faith, being at variance in nothing. For he being at variance is like the surge of the sea being moved by the wind and put in motion. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Instability
And let him ask in faith, being at variance in nothing. For he being at variance is like the surge of the sea being moved by the wind and put in motion. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
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