# disobey, disobedient, disobedience #

## Definition: ##

The term "disobey" means to not obey what someone in authority has commanded or instructed. A person who does this is being "disobedient."

* A person who does something he was told not to do is disobeying.
* To disobey also means to refuse to do something that was commanded.
* The term "disobedient" is also used to describe the character of someone who habitually disobeys or rebels. It means that they are sinful or wicked.
* The term "disobedience" means "the act of not obeying" or "behavior that is against what God wants."
* A "disobedient people" could be translated by "people who keep on disobeying" or "people who do not do what God commands."

(See also: [authority](../kt/authority.md) **·** [evil, wicked, wickedness](../kt/evil.md) **·** [sin, sinful, sinner](../kt/sin.md) **·** [obey, obedient](../other/obey.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Kings 13:20-22](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/1ki/13/20)
* [Acts 26:19-21](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/act/26/19)
* [Colossians 03:5-8](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/col/03/05)
* [Luke 01:16-17](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/01/16)
* [Luke 06:49](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/06/49)
* [Psalms 089:30-32](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/psa/089/030)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[02-11](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/02-11)__ God said to the man, "You listened to your wife and __disobeyed__  me."
* __[13-07](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/13-07)__ If the people obeyed these laws, God promised that he would bless and protect them. If they __disobeyed__  them, God would punish them.
* __[16-02](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/16-02)__ Because the Israelites kept __disobeying__  God, he punished them by allowing their enemies to defeat them.
* __[35-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/35-12)__"The older son said to his father, 'All these years I have worked faithfully for you! I never __disobeyed__  you, and still you did not give me one small goat so I could celebrate with my friends.'"