Dictionary of Bible Themes A state of perplexity, bewilderment or disorder. Confusion may be brought about by God to cause the schemes of the wicked to fail and opposition to his people to prove ineffective. Confusion over spiritual truth is the natural state of humanity; believers, too, may be perplexed by God's purposes or thrown into confusion by false teaching. 2 Samuel 18:29Examples of people in confusion Esther 3:15Luke 21:25-26 Acts 17:8; 19:32 Psalms 35:26 God sends confusion as judgment See also The righteous ask God to confuse their enemies Psalms 40:14; 55:9; 70:2Exodus 23:27 See also God sends confusion on Israel's enemies Deuteronomy 7:23Psalms 71:24 Deuteronomy 28:20 See also Israel, too, may experience confusion Deuteronomy 28:282 Chronicles 15:5-6 Jeremiah 51:34 Genesis 11:7-9 Examples of God sending confusion Joshua 10:10at the tower of Babel 1 Samuel 14:20on the Amorites 2 Chronicles 20:22-23on the Philistines on Jehoshaphat's enemies Isaiah 57:20-21Spiritual confusion is humanity's natural state See also Isaiah 41:291 Corinthians 1:18; 2:14 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 John 6:52 Confusion relating to Jesus Christ Acts 2:6-7Confusion among the Jews See also Matthew 12:23-24Luke 9:7-9 pp Mk 3:22 pp Lk 11:15 John 3:4pp Mt 14:1-2 Acts 2:12pp Mk 6:14-16 2 Corinthians 3:14Matthew 8:27 Confusion among Jesus Christ's disciples See also pp Mk 4:41 Mark 9:5-6pp Lk 8:25 Mark 16:8pp Mt 17:4 Luke 24:22-25pp Lk 9:33-34 John 6:60; 16:17-192 Corinthians 4:8 Further examples of believers in confusion See also Confusion over God's purposes Psalms 73:12-14Ecclesiastes 7:15 Isaiah 21:3-4 Daniel 4:19 Habakkuk 1:2-4 2 Corinthians 7:5 Galatians 4:19-20 Galatians 1:6-7 See also Confusion over doctrine Galatians 4:9,17; 5:10Jeremiah 33:3 Remedies for confusion See also Confusion dispelled by asking God for understanding James 1:5John 14:26 See also Confusion dispelled by the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit John 16:131 Corinthians 2:9-10,13 Acts 20:28-30 2 Timothy 2:24-25; 4:2-3 Confusion combated by the teaching of wise leaders Hebrews 13:17Psalms 119:103-105 2 Timothy 3:16 Confusion dispelled by the instruction of Scripture Ephesians 4:13-14See also Confusion goes as believers grow to spiritual maturity Philippians 1:9-10Hebrews 5:14 See also 1310 God as judge4050 dust 4110 angels 5135 blindness, spiritual 5586 town 6020 sin 8314 orthodoxy 8355 understanding 8361 wisdom 8615 prayer, doubts 8722 doubt 8726 doubters |
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