SELF-WILL

→ (Stubbornness)

→ Forbidden 2Ch 30:8; Ps 75:5

→ Proceeds from

• Unbelief 2Ki 17:14

• Pride Ne 9:16,29

• An evil heart Jer 7:24

→ God knows Isa 48:4

→ Exhibited in

• Refusing to listen to God Pr 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 Ne 9:17; Isa 42:24; Ps 78:10

• Refusing to listen to (obey) parents De 21:18,19

• Refusing to receive correction De 21:18; Jer 5:3; 7:28

• Rebelling against God De 31:27; Ps 78:8

• Resisting the Holy Spirit Ac 7:51

• Walking in the counsels of an evil heart Jer 7:24; with 23:17

• Hardening the neck (metaphorically) Ne 9:16

• Hardening the heart 2Ch 36:13

• Going backward and not forward Jer 7:24

• Heinousness of 1Sa 15:23

→ Servants should

• Be without Tit 1:7

• Warn the people against Heb 3:7-12

• Pray that the people may be forgiven for Ex 34:9; De 9:27

→ Characteristic of wicked people Pr 7:11; 2Pe 2:10

→ The wicked do not cease from Jud 2:19

→ Punishment for De 21:21; Pr 29:1

→ Illustrated Ps 32:9; Jer 31:18

→ EXEMPLIFIED

• Simeon and Levi Ge 49:6

• The Israelites Ex 32:9; De 9:6,13

• King Saul 1Sa 15:19-23

• David 2Sa 24:4

• Josiah 2Ch 35:22

• Zedekiah 2Ch 36:13

• See OBDURACY