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Self-Will:

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).

Written by Henry E. Dosker

Nave's Topical Bible

Self-Will: Definition Of

Stubbornness

Self-Will: Forbidden

2Ch 30:8; Psa 75:5

Self-Will: Proceeds From

Unbelief,

2Ki 17:14;

pride,

Neh 9:16, 29;

an evil heart,

Jer 7:24.

Self-Will: God Knows

Isa 48:4

Self-Will: Exhibited In

Refusing to listen to God,

Pro 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,

Neh 9:17; Isa 42:24; Psa 78:10;

refusing to listen to (obey) parents,

Deu 21:18, 19;

refusing to receive correction,

Deu 21:18; Jer 5:3; 7:28;

rebelling against God,

Deu 31:27; Psa 78:8;

resisting the Holy Ghost,

Act 7:51;

walking in the counsels of an evil heart,

Jer 7:24; with Jer 23:17;

hardening the neck (metaphorically),

Neh 9:16;

hardening the heart,

2Ch 36:13;

going backward and not forward,

Jer 7:24;

heinousness of,

1Sa 15:23.

Self-Will: Ministers Should

Be without,

Tts 1:7;

warn their people against,

Hbr 3:7-12;

pray that their people may be forgiven for,

Exd 34:9; Deu 9:27.

Self-Will: Characteristic of Wicked People

Pro 7:11; 2Pe 2:10

Self-Will: The Wicked Do Not Cease From

Jdg 2:19

Self-Will: Punishment For

Deu 21:21; Pro 29:1

Self-Will: Illustrated:

Psa 32:9; Jer 31:18

Self-Will: Exemplified:

Simeon and Levi,

Gen 49:6.

The Israelites,

Exd 32:9; Deu 9:6,13.

King Saul,

1Sa 15:19-23.

David,

2Sa 24:4.

Josiah,

2Ch 35:22.

Zedekiah,

2Ch 36:13.―Bible Text-Book

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