14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Unstable' in the Bible

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him;

Verse ConceptsCoinageHiring

{Those at ease have contempt} for [the] thought of {disaster}, [but it is] ready for those unstable of foot.

Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansWalls

She doesn’t consider the path of life;she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

Verse ConceptsThoughtFicklenessLife By WisdomPaths Of Lifeuncertainty

How unstable you are,constantly changing your ways!You will be put to shame by Egyptjust as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedInstabilityFicklenessDisappointmentChanging Yourself

Her prophets unstable -- men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSanctuaryTreacheryCorrupt PriestsPollutionsWicked ProphetsLack Of HolinessUnfaithful

"Look, I am making Jerusalem an unstable cup toward all of its surrounding armies when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldGod Making DrunkRebirth Of IsraelPrayer For Jerusalem

So then, was I indecisive or capricious when I was [originally] planning this? Or the things I plan, do I plan in a self-serving way like a worldly man, ready to say, “Yes, yes” and “No, no” [at the same time]?

Verse ConceptsFicklenessLiving For The MaterialAssentingDissent

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Verse ConceptsDelusionsInstabilityWord Of GodThe Biblical CanonFicklenessDestroying OneselfTwistingNot Understanding SayingsUse Of The ScripturesSpecial RevelationIgnorance of GodHard WorkScriptureWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyuncertaintyignorancepeter

Bible Theasaurus

Fluid (14 instances)
Precarious (1 instance)
Unsound (2 instances)
Unstable (14 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּחז 
Pachaz 
Usage: 1

ἀκατάστατος 
Akatastatos 
Usage: 1

ἀστήρικτος 
Asteriktos 
Usage: 2

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