The Character of a truly
"UN-CHRISTIAN" Person
Abominable
Revelation 21:8 But
the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral,
those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be
in the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is the second death."
Alienated from God
Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their
understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that
is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated
from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour.
Blasphemous
Luke 22:65 And they said many other
insulting things to him.
Revelation 16:9 They were seared by the
intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these
plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
Blinded
2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded
the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their
understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that
is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
Boastful
Psalms 10:3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Psalms 49:6 those who trust in their
wealth and boast of their great riches?
Conspiring against
Christians
Nehemiah 4:8 They all plotted together to come and
fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it.
Nehemiah 6:2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me
this message: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the
plain of Ono." But they were scheming to harm me;
Psalms 38:12 Those who seek my life set
their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot
deception.
Covetous
Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them, and
houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his
inheritance.
Romans 1:29 They have become filled with
every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy,
murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
Deceitful
Psalms 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors.
Romans 3:13 "Their throats are open
graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The poison of vipers is on
their lips."
Delighting in the
iniquity of others
Proverbs 2:14 who delight in doing wrong and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
Romans 1:32 Although they know God's
righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only
continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Despising
Christians
Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite,
Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and
ridiculed us. "What is this you are doing?" they asked. "Are you
rebelling against the king?"
Nehemiah 4:2 and in the presence of his
associates and the army of Samaria, he said, "What are those feeble Jews
doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they
finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of
rubble--burned as they are?"
2 Timothy 3:3 without love, unforgiving,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous,
rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
Destructive
Isaiah 59:7 Their feet rush into sin; they are
swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and
destruction mark their ways.
Disobedient
Nehemiah 9:26 "But they were disobedient and
rebelled against you; they put your law behind their backs. They killed your
prophets, who had admonished them in order to turn them back to you; they
committed awful blasphemies.
Titus 3:3 At one time we too were
foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and
pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
1 Peter 2:7 Now to you who believe, this
stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders
rejected has become the capstone, "
Enticing to evil
Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not
give in to them. 11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for
someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul; 12 let's swallow them alive,
like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 we will get all
sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; 14 throw in your lot
with us, and we will share a common purse"--
2 Timothy 3:6 They are the kind who worm
their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded
down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
Envious
Nehemiah 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite and
Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed
that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.
Titus 3:3 At one time we too were
foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and
pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Fearful
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked man flees though no one
pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the
unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake
of burning sulphur.
This is the second death."
Fierce
Proverbs 16:29 A
violent man entices his neighbour and leads him down a path that is not good.
2 Timothy 3:3 without
love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the
good,
Foolish
Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this the way you repay the
LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made
you and formed you?
Psalms 5:5 The arrogant cannot stand in
your presence; you hate all who do wrong.
Forgetting God
Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
so perishes the hope of the godless.
Fraudulent
Psalms 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;
Micah 6:11 Shall I acquit a man with
dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
Froward
Proverbs 21:8 The way of the guilty is devious, but
the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Isaiah 57:17 I was enraged by his sinful
greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his wilful
ways.
Glorying in their shame
Philippians 3:19 Their destiny is destruction,
their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on
earthly things.
Hard-hearted
Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel is not willing
to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole
house of Israel is hardened and obstinate.
Hating the light
Job 24:13 "There are those who rebel against
the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.
John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates
the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be
exposed.
Heady and
high-minded
2 Timothy 3:4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers
of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
Hostile to God
Romans 8:7 the sinful mind is hostile to God. It
does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated
from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour.
Hypocritical
Isaiah 29:13 The Lord
says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honour me with
their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up
only of rules taught by men.
2 Timothy 3:5 having a form of godliness
but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
Ignorant of God
Hosea 4:1 Hear the
word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against
you who live in the land: "There is no faithfulness, no love, no
acknowledgement of God in the land.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 He will punish those
who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Impudent
Ezekiel 2:4 The people to whom I am sending you are
obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says.'
Incontinent
2 Timothy 3:3 without love, unforgiving,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
Infidel
Psalms 10:4 In his pride the wicked does not seek
him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
Psalms 14:1 The fool says in his heart,
"There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no
one who does good.
Loathsome
Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate what is false, but
the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Lovers of pleasure
more than God
2 Timothy 3:4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers
of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
Lying
Psalms 58:3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
Psalms 62:4 They fully intend to topple
him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they
bless, but in their hearts they curse. <Selah>
Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice; no
one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Mischievous
Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart accept commands,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled in doing
evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate
what they desire-- they all conspire together.
Murderous
Psalms 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages; from
ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.
Psalms 94:6 They slay the widow and the
alien; they murder the fatherless.
Romans 1:29 They have become filled with
every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy,
murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
Prayerless
Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve
him? What would we gain by praying to him?'
Psalms 53:4 Will the evildoers never
learn-- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God?
Persecuting
Psalms 69:26 For they persecute those you wound and
talk about the pain of those you hurt.
Psalms 109:16 For he never thought of
doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the
brokenhearted.
Perverse
Deuteronomy 32:5 They have acted corruptly toward
him; to their shame they are no longer his children, but a warped and crooked
generation.
Proud
Psalms 59:12 For the sins of their mouths, for the
words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies
they utter,
Obadiah 1:3 The pride of your heart has
deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the
heights, you who say to yourself, `Who can bring me down to the ground?'
2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their
parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Rejoicing in the
affliction of Christians
Psalms 35:15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in
glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware. They slandered me
without ceasing.
Reprobate
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you
not realise that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?
2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres
opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who,
as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
Titus 1:16 They claim to know God, but by
their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for
doing anything good.
Selfish
2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves,
lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy,
Sensual
Philippians 3:19 Their destiny is destruction,
their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on
earthly things.
Jude 1:19 These are the men who divide
you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
Sold under sin
1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, "So you
have found me, my enemy!" "I have found you," he answered,
"because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD.
2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons
and daughters in the fire. They practised
divination and sorcery and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the LORD,
provoking him to anger.
Stiff-hearted
Ezekiel 2:4 The people to whom I am sending you are
obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says.'
Stiff-necked
Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said to Moses,
"Tell the Israelites, `You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with
you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I
will decide what to do with you.'"
Acts 7:51 "You stiff-necked people,
with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always
resist the Holy Spirit!
Uncircumcised in
heart
Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and
all who live in the desert in distant places. For all these nations are really
uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in
heart."
Acts 7:51 "You stiff-necked people,
with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always
resist the Holy Spirit!
Unjust
Proverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dies, his hope
perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing.
Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the
wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go
on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
Unmerciful
Romans 1:31 they are senseless, faithless,
heartless, ruthless.
Ungodly
Proverbs 16:27 A scoundrel plots evil, and his
speech is like a scorching fire.
Unholy
2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of themselves,
lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy,
Unprofitable
Matthew 25:30 And throw that worthless servant
outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they
have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even
one."
Unruly
Titus 1:10 For there are many rebellious people,
mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group.
Unthankful
Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them,
and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will
be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the
ungrateful and wicked.
2 Timothy 3:2 People will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their
parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Untoward
Acts 2:40 With many other words he warned them; and
he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."
Unwise
Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this the way you repay the
LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made
you and formed you?
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