Dictionary of Bible Themes The sameness that arises through dull and wearisome routines, and which cause individuals to feel bored. Scripture often portrays monotony as a cause of sin, in that individuals, in seeking excitement, often fall into sinful practices. Numbers 11:4-6Monotony can give rise to sin See also Discontent in the desert Exodus 16:2-3,35Numbers 14:33 Exodus 32:1 The monotony of 40 years in the desert was a judgment on Israel's unbelief. See also At Sinai impatience leads to idolatry Exodus 32:23Acts 7:40 Psalms 107:4-5 Situations which give rise to monotony See also Desert Deuteronomy 1:19Isaiah 40:30 Mark 1:12-13 Psalms 107:10 See also Prison Judges 16:21Psalms 66:11 Jeremiah 38:6 Matthew 4:12 Revelation 2:10 Psalms 107:17-18 See also Illness Leviticus 26:15-16Job 30:16-17 Psalms 6:3 Luke 13:11 John 5:5 Psalms 107:25-26 See also Storm at sea Jonah 2:3Acts 27:27 Psalms 143:3 See also Darkness Exodus 10:22Psalms 130:6 Mark 15:33 Luke 2:8 Genesis 3:17-19 See also Work Job 7:2Ecclesiastes 2:11 Galatians 6:9 Revelation 2:2-3 2 Kings 6:25 See also Siege 2 Kings 25:2Isaiah 36:12 Exodus 2:23 See also Slavery Job 7:21 Timothy 6:1 1 Peter 2:18 Job 7:4 See also Sleeplessness Esther 6:1Job 30:17 Ecclesiastes 5:12 Daniel 6:18 Hebrews 12:3 Proverbs 19:13 Monotony arising from difficult human relations See also A nagging wife Proverbs 27:15Job 6:6 Unhelpful counsellors See also Colossians 4:6This refers to the useless advice of Job's friends. See also This, by contrast, is how the conversation of Christians is to be characterised. 2575 Christ, temptation5297 disease 5537 sleeplessness 5628 work 7221 exodus, the |
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