Topic
Reform
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 26:23ISBE
And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
- Psalms 2:10ISBE
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
- Proverbs 29:19ISBE
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
- Jeremiah 6:8ISBE
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
- Jeremiah 31:18ISBE
¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
- Wisdom of Solomon 9:18ISBE
For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.
- 2 Esdras 8:12ISBE
Thou broughtest it up with thy righteousness, and nurturedst it in thy law, and reformedst it with thy judgment.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
re-form' (yacar): The word in the Revised Version (British and American) is found only in Le 26:23, in the phrase "ye will not be reformed." The meaning is, "to be instructed," or, more fully, "to let one's self be chastened," i.e. by God's discipline to learn the lessons of this chastening.
The Hebrew word is the same in a similar connection in Jer 6:8, where it is rendered, "Be thou instructed," and in Jer 31:18, "I was chastised." Ps 2:10 ("instructed"); Pr 29:19 ("corrected") use the Hebrew term of admonition by the words of man.
The King James Version also has "reform" in 2 Esdras 8:12; The Wisdom of Solomon 9:18.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.