Psalm 107:11 “because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counse…”

Psalm 107:11

because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

World English Bible

because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

American Standard Version

Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

Geneva Bible 1599

Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lord, and despised the counsell of the most High,

Darby Translation

Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

Young's Literal Translation

Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised.

Bible in Basic English

Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

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Cross references

“Because”

Psalm 106:43 Psalm 68:6 Psalm 68:18 Lamentations 3:39–42 Lamentations 5:15–17 Isaiah 63:10

Psalm 106:43 · BSB

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Psalm 68:6 · BSB

God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Psalm 68:18 · BSB

You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

Lamentations 3:39–42 · BSB

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

Lamentations 5:15–17 · BSB

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Isaiah 63:10 · BSB

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

“contemned”

Proverbs 1:25 Romans 1:28 Psalm 73:24 2 Chronicles 33:10 1 Samuel 2:5–8 Jeremiah 44:16

Proverbs 1:25 · BSB

because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Psalm 73:24 · BSB

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

2 Chronicles 33:10 · BSB

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

1 Samuel 2:5–8 · BSB

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

Jeremiah 44:16 · BSB

“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Also

Psalm 78:40 2 Chronicles 36:16 Psalm 106:7

Psalm 78:40 · BSB

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Psalm 106:7 · BSB

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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