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Psalms 78:8

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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ASV

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.

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִהְי֨וּ׀yih.Yuthey will beH1961 →
כַּאֲבוֹתָ֗םka.'a.vo.Tamlike ancestors theirH1 →
דּוֹר֮dOra generationH1755 →
סוֹרֵ֪רso.RerstubbornH5637 →
וּמֹ֫רֶ֥הu.Mo.Rehand rebelliousH4784 →
דּ֭וֹרDora generationH1755 →
לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808 →
הֵכִ֣יןhe.Khinit directedH3559 →
לִבּ֑וֹli.Boheart itsH3820 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and [which] notH3808 →
נֶאֶמְנָ֖הne.'em.Nahit was faithfulH539 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
אֵ֣ל'elGodH410 →
רוּחֽוֹ׃ru.Chospirit itsH7307 →

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Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.Psalms 78:37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.Exodus 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.Ezekiel 20:18In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.Deuteronomy 32:5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’Exodus 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”Deuteronomy 9:24You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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