62 Bible Verses About The Consequences of Disobedience
Bible verses about The Consequences of Disobedience
Exploring the consequences of disobedience through scripture isn't about fear, but about embracing wisdom and understanding God's loving boundaries. These verses illuminate the path towards righteous living, revealing how choices shape our journey and impact our relationship with the Divine. By studying these warnings, we gain clarity on the importance of aligning our actions with God's will, not out of obligation, but out of a deep desire to experience the fullness of His blessings and avoid unnecessary hardship. This exploration is an invitation to reflect, repent, and redirect our steps towards a life of purpose, peace, and unwavering faith.
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Leviticus 17:7 (KJV)
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Disobedience: Bible Verses on Repercussions & Warnings
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
The Bible unequivocally demonstrates that disobedience to God carries significant consequences, ranging from earthly hardship to eternal separation. Through these verses, we witness the tangible repercussions faced by individuals and nations who turned away from divine guidance, serving as stark reminders of the importance of adhering to God's commands. They aren't simply threats; they are loving warnings designed to protect us from self-destruction and lead us toward a life of blessing. Let these scriptures prompt deep reflection on our own lives. Are there areas where we are choosing our own way over God's? Consider these verses as an invitation to repentance, realignment, and renewed commitment to obedience. By aligning our hearts and actions with God's will, we position ourselves to experience the fullness of His grace, protection, and abundant life promised to those who walk in His ways.