Topic
Self-Will
44 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 49:6ISBE · Nave EXEMPLIFIED — Simeon and Levi
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
- Titus 1:7ISBE · Nave Servants should — Be without
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
- 2 Peter 2:10ISBE · Nave Characteristic of wicked people
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
- Exodus 32:9Nave EXEMPLIFIED — The Israelites
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- Exodus 34:9Nave Servants should — Pray that the people may be forgiven for
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 9:6Nave EXEMPLIFIED — The Israelites
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
- Deuteronomy 9:13Nave EXEMPLIFIED — The Israelites
Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- Deuteronomy 9:27Nave Servants should — Pray that the people may be forgiven for
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
- Deuteronomy 21:18Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to listen to (obey) parents
¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
- Deuteronomy 21:19Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to listen to (obey) parents
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- Deuteronomy 21:21Nave Punishment for
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Deuteronomy 31:27Nave Exhibited in — Rebelling against God
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
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- Judges 2:19 Nave The wicked do not cease from
- 1 Samuel 8:19 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to listen to the messengers of God
- 1 Samuel 15:19–23 Nave EXEMPLIFIED — King Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:23 Nave Exhibited in — Heinousness of
- 2 Samuel 24:4 Nave EXEMPLIFIED — David
- 2 Kings 17:14 Nave Proceeds from — Unbelief
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 Nave Forbidden
- 2 Chronicles 35:22 Nave EXEMPLIFIED — Josiah
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 Nave Exhibited in — Hardening the heart
- Nehemiah 9:16 Nave Proceeds from — Pride
- Nehemiah 9:17 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to walk in the ways of God
- Nehemiah 9:29 Nave Proceeds from — Pride
- Psalms 32:9 Nave Illustrated
- Psalms 75:5 Nave Forbidden
- Psalms 78:8 Nave Exhibited in — Rebelling against God
- Psalms 78:10 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to walk in the ways of God
- Proverbs 1:24 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to listen to God
- Proverbs 7:11 Nave Characteristic of wicked people
- Proverbs 29:1 Nave Punishment for
- Isaiah 42:24 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to walk in the ways of God
- Isaiah 48:4 Nave God knows
- Jeremiah 5:3 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to receive correction
- Jeremiah 7:24 Nave Proceeds from — An evil heart
- Jeremiah 7:28 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to receive correction
- Jeremiah 31:18 Nave Illustrated
- Jeremiah 44:16 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to listen to the messengers of God
- Zechariah 7:11 Nave Exhibited in — Refusing to listen to the messengers of God
- Acts 7:51 Nave Exhibited in — Resisting the Holy Spirit
- Romans 13:1 ISBE
- Romans 15:3 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 16:16 ISBE
- Hebrews 3:7–12 Nave Servants should — Warn the people against
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
self-wil' (ratson; authades): Found once in the Old Testament (Ge 49:6, "In their self-will they hocked an ox") in the death song of Jacob (see HOCK). The idea is found twice in the New Testament in the sense of "pleasing oneself": "not self-willed, not soon angry" (Tit 1:7); and "daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities" (2Pe 2:10). In all these texts it stands for a false pride, for obstinacy, for "a pertinacious adherence to one's will or wish, especially in opposition to the dictates of wisdom or propriety or the wishes of others."elfare of his neighbor, just as Christ pleased not Himself (Ro 15:3); also to leaders (1Co 16:16), and to earthly rulers (Ro 13:1).
Henry E. Dosker
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 47 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Stubbornness)
- → Forbidden 2Ch 30:8; Ps 75:5
- → Proceeds from
- → God knows Isa 48:4
- → Exhibited in
- Refusing to listen to God Pr 1:24
- Refusing to listen to the messengers of God 1Sa 8:19; Jer 44:16; Zec 7:11
- Refusing to walk in the ways of God Ne 9:17; Isa 42:24; Ps 78:10
- Refusing to listen to (obey) parents De 21:18,19
- Refusing to receive correction De 21:18; Jer 5:3; 7:28
- Rebelling against God De 31:27; Ps 78:8
- Resisting the Holy Spirit Ac 7:51
- Walking in the counsels of an evil heart Jer 7:24; with 23:17
- Hardening the neck (metaphorically) Ne 9:16
- Hardening the heart 2Ch 36:13
- Going backward and not forward Jer 7:24
- Heinousness of 1Sa 15:23
- → Servants should
- Be without Tit 1:7
- Warn the people against Heb 3:7-12
- Pray that the people may be forgiven for Ex 34:9; De 9:27
- → Characteristic of wicked people Pr 7:11; 2Pe 2:10
- → The wicked do not cease from Jud 2:19
- → Punishment for De 21:21; Pr 29:1
- → Illustrated Ps 32:9; Jer 31:18
- → EXEMPLIFIED
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.