# 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: [[../kt/authority.md]], [[../kt/evil.md]], [[../kt/sin.md]], [[../other/obey.md]])

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Kings 13:20-22](en/tn/1ki/help/13/20)
* [Acts 26:19-21](en/tn/act/help/26/19)
* [Colossians 03:5-8](en/tn/col/help/03/05)
* [Luke 01:16-17](en/tn/luk/help/01/16)
* [Luke 06:49](en/tn/luk/help/06/49)
* [Psalms 089:30-32](en/tn/psa/help/89/30)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[02:11](en/tn/obs/help/02/11)__ God said to the man, "You listened to your wife and __disobeyed__  me."
* __[13:07](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/16/02)__ Because the Israelites kept __disobeying__  God, he punished them by allowing their enemies to defeat them.
* __[35:12](en/tn/obs/help/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.'"