Psalms 78:8 KJV
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Matthew Henry
- Attention called forThese are called dark and deep sayings, because they are carefully to be looked into. The law of God was given with a particular charge to teach it...
Thompson Chains
- Parental InfluenceSee the chain from 1 Kings 22:52 · 6 links
- Stubbornness (1)Link 2 of 4 · next Isaiah 46:12
- Rebellion (2)See the chain from 1 Samuel 8:7 · 5 links
- Evil GenerationSee the chain from Deuteronomy 32:5 · 7 links
- Instability (2)See the chain from Psalms 106:13 · 4 links
Cross References
- Psalms 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
- Exodus 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- Deuteronomy 31:27 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?
- 2 Kings 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
- Ezekiel 20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
- Exodus 33:3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
- 2 Chronicles 30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
- Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
- Exodus 34:9 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 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:6–7 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 9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- Deuteronomy 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
- Joshua 14:8–9 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. …
- 2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- 2 Chronicles 20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
- Job 11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
- Psalms 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
- Psalms 106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
- Isaiah 30:9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
- Ezekiel 2:3–8 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. …
- Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- Matthew 23:31–33 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. …
- Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
- Acts 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
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Topics
- Asaph See titles of
- Children Instruction of Children
- God Mercy of God
- Impenitence General scriptures concerning Impenitence
- Instruction Unclassified scriptures relating to Instruction
- Israel Pass through the Red Sea
- Psalms Historical
- School In the home
- Self-will Rebelling against God
- Unbelief Israelites
- Wicked (people) Punishment of Wicked
- Word of God Unclassified scriptures relating to Word of God
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And might not be as their fathers וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and יִהְיוּ yihyû Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural כַּאֲבוֹתָם kaʾăbôtām אָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
- a stubborn סוֹרֵר sôrēr סָרַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- and rebellious וּמֹרֶה ûmōrê מָרָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with and
- generation דּוֹר dôr דּוֹר Noun · masculine singular
- a generation דּוֹר dôr דּוֹר Noun · masculine singular
- set הֵכִין hēkîn כּוּן Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular
- not their heart לֹא lōʾ Negative לִבּוֹ libbô לֵב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and
- aright כּוּן kûwn
- and whose spirit רוּחוֹ rûḥô רוּחַ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- was not stedfast נֶאֶמְנָה neʾemnâ אָמַן Verb · niphal perfect, third person feminine singular
- with God אֶת ʾet Preposition אֵל ʾēl אֵל Noun · masculine singular
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