Character: Instability of

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Verses

16 references
  1. My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
  2. For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
  3. Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
  4. How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
  5. What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
  6. Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
  7. Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
  8. And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” …
  9. When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. …
  10. Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. …
  11. “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. …
  12. Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” …
  13. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
  14. But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. …
  15. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  16. Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.