What the Bible says about

Self-Will

41 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.”
2 Chronicles 30:8 BSB
“Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’””
Psalms 75:5 BSB
“But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.”
2 Kings 17:14 BSB
“But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.”
Nehemiah 9:16 BSB
“You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.”
Nehemiah 9:29 BSB
“Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.”
Jeremiah 7:24 BSB
“For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.”
Isaiah 48:4 BSB
“Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,”
Proverbs 1:24 BSB
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