Topic
Instability
50 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:3Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- Genesis 49:4Nave General scriptures concerning
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.
- Exodus 8:15Nave General scriptures concerning
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 8:32Nave General scriptures concerning
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
- Exodus 9:34Nave General scriptures concerning
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
- Exodus 10:8–11Nave General scriptures concerning
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and…
- Exodus 10:16–20Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death…
- Exodus 14:5Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
- Exodus 19:8Nave General scriptures concerning
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
- Exodus 24:3Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
- Exodus 24:7Nave General scriptures concerning
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
- Exodus 32:8–10Nave General scriptures concerning
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And…
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- Judges 2:17 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 1 Samuel 18:19 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul, in his feelings toward David
- 2 Samuel 11:2–9 Nave INSTANCES OF — David, in yielding to lust
- 1 Kings 11:1–8 Nave INSTANCES OF — Solomon, in yielding to his idolatrous wives
- 1 Kings 18:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 106:12 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Psalms 106:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 24:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 24:22 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Proverbs 27:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Jeremiah 2:36 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Hosea 6:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Hosea 6:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 6:24 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 8:19 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 8:20 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 12:25 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 13:20 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Matthew 13:21 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Mark 4:14–19 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 8:13 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 8:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 9:57–62 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Luke 17:32 Nave General scriptures concerning
- John 5:35 Nave General scriptures concerning
- John 6:66 Nave INSTANCES OF — Some disciples of Jesus
- Acts 15:38 Nave INSTANCES OF — Mark
- Galatians 1:6 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Galatians 4:9–11 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Ephesians 4:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Hebrews 13:9 Nave General scriptures concerning
- James 1:6–8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- James 4:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Peter 2:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Revelation 2:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Revelation 3:2 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Revelation 3:15 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Revelation 3:16 Nave General scriptures concerning
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 53 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Ge 49:3,4; Ex 8:15,32; 9:34; 10:8-11,16-20; 14:5; 32:8-10; 19:8; 24:3,7; Jud 2:17; 1Ki 18:21; Ps 106:12,13; Pr 24:21,22; 27:8; Jer 2:36; Ho 6:4,5; Mt 6:24; 8:19,20; 12:25; 13:20,21; Mr 4:14-19; Lu 8:13,14; 9:57-62; 17:32; Joh 5:35; Ga 1:6; 4:9-11; Eph 4:14; Heb 13:9; Jas 1:6-8; 4:8; 2Pe 2:14; Re 2:4; 3:2,15,16
- → See BACKSLIDING
- → See HYPOCRISY
- → See INDECISION
- → INSTANCES OF
- Reuben Ge 49:4
- Saul, in his feelings toward David 1Sa 18:19
- David, in yielding to lust 2Sa 11:2-9
- Solomon, in yielding to his idolatrous wives 1Ki 11:1-8
- Ephraim and Judah Ho 6:4
- Lot's wife Lu 17:32
- Some disciples of Jesus Joh 6:66
- Mark Ac 15:38
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.