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Bible Verses About Rebellion
Find Bible verses about rebellion — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about rebellion?
The Bible addresses rebellion with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 Samuel 15:23
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king."”
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Proverbs 17:11
“An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.”
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Hebrews 3:8
“don't harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,”
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
“For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.”
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Deuteronomy 31:27
“For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; and how much more after my death?”
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Job 34:37
“For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God."”
Genesis 3:4
“The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,”
Genesis 3:5
“for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."”
Job 21:14
“They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways.”
Proverbs 5:12
“and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;”
Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don't see, who have ears to hear, and don't hear; for they are a rebellious house.”
Job 21:15
“What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'”
Numbers 16:11
“Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?"”
1 Kings 12:16
“When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Isr...”
2 Chronicles 10:16
“When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to your tents,...”
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2 Samuel 15:6 — “Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the...”
Psalms 95:8 — “Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,...”
Deuteronomy 32:15 — “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. ...”
Deuteronomy 9:7 — “Remember, don't forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day th...”
2 Samuel 15:1 — “It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before ...”
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