Things Men Can Do

Refuse to walk in God’s law

Psalms 78:10  

They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.

Refuse to return, after backsliding

Jeremiah 5:3  

O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Jeremiah 8:5  

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Hosea 11:5  

“Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?

Refuse and rebel

Isaiah 1:20  

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Refuse to hear God’s Word

Jeremiah 13:10  

These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless!

By patient continue seek for eternal life

Romans 2:7  

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

Continue following God

1 Samuel 12:14-15 

14 If you fear the LORD and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God—good!

15 But if you do not obey the LORD, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.