Dictionary of Bible Themes The shirking of one's duties or responsibilities, whether to God or to other people. The consequences of such neglect are often serious. Deuteronomy 14:27The Israelites sometimes neglected their religious duties See also They neglected to support the Levites Deuteronomy 12:19Nehemiah 13:10 Nehemiah 13:11 See also They neglected the temple 2 Chronicles 24:5Malachi 1:6-14 2 Chronicles 29:6-9 Such neglect earned them the judgment of God Isaiah 5:7The Israelites sometimes neglected their social obligations See also They neglected to ensure justice for the poor Amos 2:6-8; 4:1-3; 5:7-15Isaiah 56:10-12 See also Their leaders neglected their responsibilities Ezekiel 34:1-6Amos 6:1-7 Zephaniah 1:12-13 See also God punished their neglect Isaiah 32:9-151 Timothy 4:14 Neglect in the NT See also Warnings against neglect Matthew 23:23Matthew 25:14-30 pp Lk 11:42 Luke 12:35-48pp Lk 19:12-26 Hebrews 2:1-4Examples of neglect The neglect of salvation Hebrews 10:25The neglect of public worship Ezekiel 16:49Sodom's neglect of the poor Acts 6:1-4See also The neglect of widows 1310 God as judge4542 wheat 5052 responsibility to God 5360 justice, God 5509 rulers 5805 comfort 5811 compromise 7266 tribes of Israel 7972 tongues, gift of 8234 doctrine 8742 faithlessness 8764 forgetting God |
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