8783 neglect
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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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



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