Indecision

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning1 Kings 18:21Hosea 10:2Matthew 6:24Matthew 26:41James 1:8James 4:17
• See Decision
• See Instability
• See Lukewarmness
• INSTANCES OF
• Moses at the Red SeaExodus 14:15
• Joshua at AiJoshua 7:10
• EstherEsther 5:8
• Rulers, who believed in JesusJohn 12:42
• FelixActs 24:25

The passages, in Bible order (11)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 11 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 14:15

   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

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   “Or do you not hear how Moses, although he said nothing but met the Lord with his inexpressible groanings, was heard by the Lord, who said, "Why do you cry to me?" God knows how to hear even the blood of a just man, to which no tongue is attached and of which no voice pierces the air. The presence of good works is a loud voice before God.

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2. Joshua 7:10

   But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

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   “And the Lord said unto Joshua, get thee up,.... From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, not as refusing his supplication to him, but rather as encouraging and strengthening him; though chiefly he said this in order to instruct him, and that he might prepare for what he was to do: wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? in this manner, so distressed and dejected; or for this thing, as the Targum, for this defeat of the army; something else is to be done besides prayer and supplication.

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3. 1 Kings 18:21

   Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

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   “And Elijah came unto all the people,....

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4. Esther 5:8

   If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

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   “If I have found favour in the sight of the king,....

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5. Hosea 10:2

   Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

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   “Their heart is divided; now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall lay waste their altars." LXX: "They have divided their hearts: now shall they perish: he shall break down their altars, he shall distress their statues." The Hebrews hand down a similar story, confirming their suspicion with the authority of Scripture: captivity did not come until both kings and peoples alike adored golden calves and were united in impiety.

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6. Matthew 6:24

   No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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   “Mammon—riches are so termed in Syriac. Let the covetous man who is called by the Christian name, hear this, that he cannot serve both Christ and riches. Yet He said not, he who has riches, but, he who is the servant of riches. For he who is the slave of money, guards his money as a slave; but he who has thrown off the yoke of his slavery, dispenses them as a master.

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7. Matthew 26:41

   “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

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   “It is impossible that the human mind should not be tempted, therefore He says not Watch and pray that ye be not tempted, but that ye enter not into temptation, that is, that temptation vanquish you not. This is against those rash persons who think that whatever they believe they can perform. The more confident we are of our zeal, the more mistrustful should we be of the frailty of the flesh.

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8. John 12:42

   Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

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   “Now, however, when constrained by the signs to believe and no longer daring to gainsay the Lord, they fail of eternal life through the persistence of their own abominable perversity in esteeming their position in the eyes of men higher than their relationship to God, and in being slaves of a temporal glory, deeming it an intolerable loss to fail of honour at the hands of the Pharisees. Forasmuch therefore as this was what hindered them from believing, hear what the Christ says...

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9. Acts 24:25

   As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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   "Felix became afraid." Such was the power contained in Paul's words that even the governor was frightened.

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10. James 1:8

    He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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    “We who do not follow our Lord with complete and perfect faith but yet have withdrawn from foreign gods dwell in a no-man's land. We are cut down by the foreign gods as deserters, but because we are unstable and unreliable, we are not defended by our Lord.

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11. James 4:17

    Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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    “He again takes up the subject of vain arrogance, which usually arises from pride, and as if concluding the discourse, says that boasting is evil. If it is evil, then it proceeds without doubt from the evil one. But those who through holy baptism have …

    “All such rejoicing is wicked. To one therefore knowing to do good, and not doing it: to him it is sin. "All such rejoicing is wicked." James repeats the empty boasting that desires to arise from pride, and as if concluding his speech, he supposes …

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