Dictionary of Bible Themes » 8000 The life of the believer » 8700 Threats to the life of faith » 8783 neglect
The shirking of one's duties or responsibilities, whether to God or to other people. The consequences of such neglect are often serious.
The Israelites sometimes neglected their religious duties
They neglected to support the Levites
Deuteronomy 14:27 See also Deuteronomy 12:19; Nehemiah 13:10
They neglected the temple
Nehemiah 13:11 See also 2 Chronicles 24:5; Malachi 1:6-14
Such neglect earned them the judgment of God
2 Chronicles 29:6-9
The Israelites sometimes neglected their social obligations
They neglected to ensure justice for the poor
Isaiah 5:7 See also Amos 2:6-8; Amos 4:1-3; Amos 5:7-15
Their leaders neglected their responsibilities
Isaiah 56:10-12 See also Ezekiel 34:1-6; Amos 6:1-7
God punished their neglect
Zephaniah 1:12-13 See also Isaiah 32:9-15
Neglect in the NT
Warnings against neglect
1 Timothy 4:14 See also Matthew 23:23 pp Luke 11:42; Matthew 25:14-30 pp Luke 19:12-26; Luke 12:35-48
Examples of neglect
The neglect of salvation
Hebrews 2:1-4
The neglect of public worship
Hebrews 10:25
Sodom's neglect of the poor
Ezekiel 16:49
The neglect of widows
Acts 6:1-4
See also
1310 God as judge 4540 weeds 5051 responsibility 5359 justice 5508 ruins 5803 carelessness 5810 complacency 7259 promised land, later history 7967 spiritual gifts, responsibility 8232 discipline, family 8741 failure 8763 forgetting
