14 Bible Verses about Rashness
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He saw one of them being badly treated, so he defended him, struck down the Egyptian, and thus avenged the man who had been wronged. (He thought his brothers would understand God was going to bring them deliverance by means of him, but they did not understand.)
A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere"; Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
However, on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in public to the delight of Herod; whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she wanted. And she, at the instigation of her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head this moment on a dish."read more.
The king was sorry, but for the sake of his oath and his guests he ordered it to be given her; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison,
The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;
Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted." Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus);
All this is beyond question. So you should keep calm and do nothing reckless.
I am astonished you are hastily shifting like this, deserting Him who called you by Christ's grace and going over to another gospel.
For men will be selfish, fond of money, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreverent, callous, relentless, scurrilous, dissolute, and savage; they will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless and conceited, preferring pleasure to God ??5 for though they keep up a form of religion, they will have nothing to do with it as a force. Avoid all such.
The secretary of state then got the mob calmed down, and said to them, "Men of Ephesus, who on earth does not know that the city of Ephesus is Warden of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell from heaven? All this is beyond question. So you should keep calm and do nothing reckless.
Never be in a hurry to ordain a presbyter; do not make yourself responsible for the sins of another man ??keep your own life pure.
Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days. For men will be selfish, fond of money, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreverent, callous, relentless, scurrilous, dissolute, and savage; they will hate goodness,read more.
they will be treacherous, reckless and conceited, preferring pleasure to God ??5 for though they keep up a form of religion, they will have nothing to do with it as a force. Avoid all such.
Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;
For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him, saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.' Or what king sets out to fight against another king without first sitting down to deliberate whether with ten thousand men he can encounter the king who is attacking him with twenty thousand?read more.
If he cannot, when the other is still at a distance he will send an embassy to do homage to him. So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.
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Peter » Rashness
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus); whereupon Jesus said to Peter, "Sheathe your sword. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has handed me?"
Rashness » Warnings against
All this is beyond question. So you should keep calm and do nothing reckless.
Rashness » Examples of
Rashness » Instances of » David, in his generosity to ziba
Rashness » Instances of » Moses, in killing the egyptian
He saw one of them being badly treated, so he defended him, struck down the Egyptian, and thus avenged the man who had been wronged. (He thought his brothers would understand God was going to bring them deliverance by means of him, but they did not understand.)
Rashness » Instances of » Paul, in persisting in going to jerusalem, against the repeated admonitions of the holy spirit
We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;
While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet called Agabus came down from Judaea. He came to us, took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Here is the word of the holy Spirit: 'So shall the Jews bind the owner of this girdle at Jerusalem and hand him over to the Gentiles'." Now when we heard this, we and the local disciples besought Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. read more.
Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus." As he would not be persuaded, we acquiesced, saying, "The will of the Lord be done." After these days we packed up and started for Jerusalem,
Rashness » Instances of » Josiah, in fighting against pharaoh-necho
Rashness » Instances of » Naaman, in refusing to immerse (lxx: baptizo) himself in the jordan river
Rashness » Instances of » Rehoboam, in forsaking the counsel of the old men
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Rashness » Instances of » When he struck the rock
Rashness » Instances of » Israel's vow to destroy the benjamites
Rashness » Instances of » Uzzah, in steadying the ark of the covenant
Rashness » Instances of » Julius, the roman centurion, in rejecting paul's counsel
However the officer let himself be persuaded by the captain and the owner rather than by anything Paul could say,
Rashness » Instances of » James and john, in desiring to call down fire upon the samaritans
So when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will you have us bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"
