What Does the Bible Say About Hesitate?

Luke 17:32 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Remember Lot's wife.

John 8:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Romans 1:26-2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, ...

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Acts 10:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,

Ezekiel 16:49-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

Deuteronomy 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:10-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion; their blood is upon them. If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. If a man takes a woman and her mother also, it is depravity; he and they shall be burned with fire, that there may be no depravity among you. ...

Leviticus 18:19-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her. You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

Titus 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Romans 16:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

John 19:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.

Luke 10:10-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 8:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Joel 2:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

2 Kings 23:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

1 Kings 14:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

29 Bible Verses about Hesitate

Luke 17:32 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 8:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 10:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 16:49-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 20:10-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:19-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 16:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 19:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 10:10-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 8:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Joel 2:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Kings 23:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Kings 14:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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29 Bible Verses about Hesitate

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2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:26-2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Deuteronomy 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Titus 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

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Luke 17:32 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 8:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 10:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 16:49-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 20:10-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:19-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 16:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 19:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 10:10-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 8:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Joel 2:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Kings 23:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Kings 14:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote