14 Bible Verses about Rashness
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And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian. And he was supposing that his brethren understood that God, through his hand, would give them deliverance; but they understood not.
And a scribe, coming near, said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow Thee wheresoever Thou mayst go." And Jesus saith to him, "The foxes have dens; and the birds of the heaven have lodging-places; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head."
But, on a birthday celebration of Herod, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. And she, urged on by her mother, says, "Give me here upon a plate the head of John the Immerser."read more.
And the king, though grieved, yet, because of the oaths and of those sitting at the table with them, ordered it to be given; and, having sent, he beheaded John in the prison;
And, though becoming very sorrowful, the king, because of his oaths, and those reclining with him, would not thwart her.
But Peter, answering, said to Him, "If all should be made to stumble because of Thee, I will never be made to stumble." Jesus said to him, "Verily I say to you, that this night, before a cock crows, you will thrice deny Me."
Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus.
These things, therefore, being incontrovertible, it is needful that ye be quiet, and do nothing rash.
I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from Him Who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different Gospel,
for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, intemperate, fierce, no lovers of good, traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
But the town-clerk, having quieted the multitude, says, "Men of Ephesus, who, indeed, of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image that fell down from Jupiter? These things, therefore, being incontrovertible, it is needful that ye be quiet, and do nothing rash.
Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come; for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, intemperate, fierce, no lovers of good,read more.
traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from these also turn away.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
For who of you, wishing to build a tower, does not, first, sitting down, calculate the expense, whether he has enough for its completion? lest, perhaps, having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish it, all who behold begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish!'read more.
"Or what king, going on to engage another king in war, does not, sitting down, first take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand? And, if not by any means, while he is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he asks conditions of peace. "So, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own goods, cannot be My disciple.
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Peter » Rashness
Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus. Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, "Put up the sword into the sheathe. The cup which the Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?"
Rashness » Warnings against
These things, therefore, being incontrovertible, it is needful that ye be quiet, and do nothing rash.
Rashness » Examples of
Rashness » Instances of » David, in his generosity to ziba
Rashness » Instances of » Moses, in killing the egyptian
And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian. And he was supposing that his brethren understood that God, through his hand, would give them deliverance; but they understood not.
Rashness » Instances of » Paul, in persisting in going to jerusalem, against the repeated admonitions of the holy spirit
And, having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days; who, indeed, said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
And, as we tarried there several days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, Agabus by name. And, coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, binding his own feet and hands, he said, "Thus saith the Holy Spirit, so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle, and shall deliver him up into the hands of the gentiles. And, when we heard these things, both we and those of that place were beseeching him not to go up to Jerusalem. read more.
Then Paul answered, "What are ye doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus." And, when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done." And, after these days, having gotten ready, we went up to 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
But the centurion believed the pilot and the owner of the ship, more than the things spoken by Paul.
Rashness » Instances of » James and john, in desiring to call down fire upon the samaritans
And, seeing it, His disciples, James and John, said, "Lord, dost Thou wish that we bid fire come down from heaven, and consume them?"