They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed. Cross References Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. Isaiah 58:2 For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God." Isaiah 59:13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. Jeremiah 5:2 Although they say, 'As surely as the LORD lives,' they are swearing falsely." Jeremiah 12:2 You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts. Hosea 8:2 Israel cries out to Me, "O our God, we know You!" 1 Timothy 5:8 If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. 2 Timothy 3:17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. Titus 3:1 Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures--living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 1 John 2:4 If anyone says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Jude 1:4 For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed--ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death." Treasury of Scripture They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. profess. Numbers 24:16 Isaiah 29:13 Isaiah 48:1 being. Job 15:16 Revelation 21:8,27 and disobedient. 1 Samuel 15:22,24 Ephesians 5:6 1 Timothy 1:9 unto. Jeremiah 6:30 Romans 1:28 2 Timothy 3:8 reprobate. |