Disobedience to God
41 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
23 sections
- A Characteristic of the Wicked
- Acknowledge the Punishment of, to be Just
- Adam and Eve
- Bitter Results of, Illustrated
- Brings a Curse
- Denunciations Against
- Disobedience to God of the Prophet of Judah
- Forfeits his Favour
- Forfeits his Promised Blessings
- Heinousness of, Illustrated
- Israel
- Jonah
- Men Prone to Excuse
- Moses
- Nadab
- Pharaoh
- Provokes his Anger
- Saul
- Shall be Punished
- The Prophet
- The Wicked Persevere In
- Warnings Against
- when he Struck the Rock
A Characteristic of the Wicked
- Ephesians 2:2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- Titus 1:16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Acknowledge the Punishment of, to be Just
- Nehemiah 9:32–33 So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all …
- Daniel 9:10–11 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. …
- Daniel 9:14 Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
Adam and Eve
- Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Genesis 3:11 “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Bitter Results of, Illustrated
- Jeremiah 9:13 And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
- Jeremiah 9:15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
Brings a Curse
- Deuteronomy 11:28 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
- Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Denunciations Against
- Numbers 14:11–12 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? …
- Numbers 14:22–24 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness — yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times — …
- Numbers 32:8–13 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land. …
- Deuteronomy 18:19 And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
- Deuteronomy 28:15–68 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: …
- Leviticus 26:14–46 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …
Disobedience to God of the Prophet of Judah
- 1 Kings 13:1 Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
Forfeits his Favour
- 1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
Forfeits his Promised Blessings
- Joshua 5:6 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn …
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but …
- Jeremiah 18:10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
Heinousness of, Illustrated
- Jeremiah 35:14 The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you …
Israel
- 2 Kings 18:9–12 In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. …
Jonah
- Jonah 1:2–3 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.” …
Men Prone to Excuse
- Genesis 3:12–13 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” …
Moses
- Numbers 20:8 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation …
- Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Numbers 20:24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
Nadab
- Leviticus 10:1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
Pharaoh
- Exodus 5:2 But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
Provokes his Anger
- Psalm 78:10 They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
- Psalm 78:40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.
Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:18 Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
Shall be Punished
- Isaiah 42:24–25 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. …
- Hebrews 2:2 For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
The Prophet
- 1 Kings 13:20–23 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back, …
The Wicked Persevere In
- Jeremiah 2:21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
Warnings Against
- 1 Samuel 12:15 But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
- Jeremiah 12:17 But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
when he Struck the Rock
- Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Numbers 20:23–24 And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, …
Related topics
Disobedience to God of Pharaoh, in Refusing to Let the People of Israel GoDisobedience to God in Refusing to Enter the Promised LandDisobedience to God in Sparing Agag and the Spoils of the AmalekitesDisobedience to God in Making Excuses when Commissioned to Deliver LsraelDisobedience to God in offering a SacrificeDisobedience to God of a Man of Israel, Who Refused to Strike the Prophet
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.