5 occurrences

'Unstable' in the Bible

“But unstable and reckless and boiling over like water [in sinful lust], you shall not excel or have the preeminence [of the firstborn],Because you went up to your father’s bed [with Bilhah];You defiled it—he went up to my couch.

Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

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

being a double-minded man, unstable and restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].

Verse ConceptsDoubtdouble mindednessLoyaltySkepticismDivided HeartsIndecisionFicklenessThe MindDecision MakingEmotionsuncertaintymindset

speaking about these things as he does in all of his letters. In which there are some things that are difficult to understand, which the untaught and unstable [who have fallen into error] twist and misinterpret, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to 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
ἀκατάστατος 
Akatastatos 
Usage: 1

ἀστήρικτος 
Asteriktos 
Usage: 2