4 Bible Verses about Neglecting Duties
Most Relevant Verses
And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.
And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, its justice, its mercy, and its faithfulness. These you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have neglected.
But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.
Bible Theasaurus
- Duties (69 instances)
- Neglecting (8 instances)