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# disobey, disobedient, disobedience #
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## Definition: ##
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The term "disobey" means to not obey what someone in authority has commanded or instructed. A person who does this is being "disobedient."
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* A person who does something he was told not to do is disobeying.
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* To disobey also means to refuse to do something that was commanded.
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* 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.
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* The term "disobedience" means "the act of not obeying" or "behavior that is against what God wants."
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* A "disobedient people" could be translated by "people who keep on disobeying" or "people who do not do what God commands."
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(See also: [[../kt/authority.md]], [[../kt/evil.md]], [[../kt/sin.md]], [[../other/obey.md]])
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Kings 13:20-22](en/tn/1ki/help/13/20)
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* [Acts 26:19-21](en/tn/act/help/26/19)
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* [Colossians 03:5-8](en/tn/col/help/03/05)
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* [Luke 01:16-17](en/tn/luk/help/01/16)
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* [Luke 06:49](en/tn/luk/help/06/49)
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* [Psalms 089:30-32](en/tn/psa/help/89/30)
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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* __[02:11](en/tn/obs/help/02/11)__ God said to the man, "You listened to your wife and __disobeyed__ me."
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* __[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.
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* __[16:02](en/tn/obs/help/16/02)__ Because the Israelites kept __disobeying__ God, he punished them by allowing their enemies to defeat them.
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* __[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.'" |