Quotes About Rebellion

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

The priests did not ask, ëWhere is the LORD?í The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ëI will not serve!í Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

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?

You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ëIt is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.í

Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,í” declares the LORD.

They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ëListen for the sound of the ramís horn.í But they answered, ëWe will not listen!í

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.