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In the context of the Bible, it often describes the rejection of God's commands, wisdom, or messengers by individuals or groups. This rejection is frequently associated with consequences, as it reflects a heart that is hardened against divine instruction and guidance.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the concept of being spurned is often linked to Israel's relationship with God. Despite God's covenant and continuous guidance, the Israelites frequently spurned His laws and commandments. In <a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm">1 Samuel 8:7</a> , God tells Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king." This passage highlights the Israelites' desire to have a human king, thereby spurning God's direct rule over them.<br><br>The book of Proverbs frequently warns against spurning wisdom. <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-25</a> states, "Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction." Here, wisdom personified is spurned, leading to dire consequences for those who reject it.<br><br><b>New Testament References</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the theme of spurning is evident in the rejection of Jesus Christ and His teachings. <a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a> notes, "He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him." This rejection by His own people is a profound example of spurning God's ultimate revelation through His Son.<br><br>The author of Hebrews warns against spurning the grace of God. <a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a> states, "How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?" This passage underscores the gravity of rejecting the salvation offered through Christ.<br><br><b>Consequences of Spurning</b><br><br>Throughout Scripture, spurning God or His messengers often leads to judgment or discipline. In the Old Testament, the Israelites' repeated spurning of God's commands resulted in exile and suffering. In the New Testament, the rejection of Christ is associated with eternal consequences, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a> : "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him."<br><br><b>Application for Believers</b><br><br>For believers, the concept of spurning serves as a cautionary reminder to remain receptive to God's word and guidance. It encourages a posture of humility and obedience, recognizing the authority and wisdom of God. Believers are called to embrace God's teachings and to avoid the pitfalls of pride and rebellion that lead to spurning His grace and truth.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Spurn.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5006.htm"><span class="l">5006. naats -- to spurn, treat with contempt</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5005, 5006. naats. 5007 . to spurn, treat with contempt. Transliteration: naats<br> Phonetic Spelling: (naw-ats') Short Definition: <b>spurned</b>. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5006.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5010.htm"><span class="l">5010. naar -- probably to abhor, spurn</span></a><br><b>...</b> abandoned. Word Origin a prim. root Definition probably to abhor, spurn NASB<br> Word Usage abandoned (1), <b>spurned</b> (1). abhor, make void. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5010.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/schaff/the_seven_ecumenical_councils/canon_cxxii_greek_cxxiii_the.htm"><span class="l">The Sentence of the Elected Judges Ought not to be <b>Spurned</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Canon CXXII. (Greek cxxiii.) The sentence of the elected judges ought not to be<br> <b>spurned</b>. The sentence of the elected judges ought not to be <b>spurned</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon cxxii greek cxxiii the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_the_holy_trinity/chapter_11_miracles_which_are_done.htm"><span class="l">Miracles which are done by Demons are to be <b>Spurned</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter 11."Miracles Which are Done by Demons are to Be <b>Spurned</b>.<br> 14. For it is easy for the most worthless spirits to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 11 miracles which are done.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whipple/five_sermons/ii_sermon_at_the_faribault.htm"><span class="l">Sermon at the Faribault Celebration of the Centennial of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> It was not until every plea for justice had been <b>spurned</b>, their sacred rights trampled<br> upon, and the warnings of the wisest English statesmen unheeded, that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/whipple/five sermons/ii sermon at the faribault.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edwards/the_expositors_bible_the_epistle_to_the_hebrews/chapter_ix_an_advance_in.htm"><span class="l">An Advance in the Exhortation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But His infinite compassion is <b>spurned</b>. And thus the Apostle brings us once<br> more[225] in sight of the hopeless character of cynicism. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the expositors bible the epistle to the hebrews/chapter ix an advance in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_care_to_be_had_for_the_dead_/23_here_to_the_things.htm"><span class="l">Here, to the Things Thou Hast Thought Meet to Inquire of Me...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 38]73. Degradation, the lowest, reached by degrees, [39]160. Demons, miracles<br> wrought by, to be <b>spurned</b>, [40]76. Devil, the, the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /23 here to the things.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_great_controversy_between_christ_and_satan_/1_the_destruction_of_jerusalem.htm"><span class="l">The Destruction of Jerusalem.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But Israel had turned from her best Friend and only Helper. The pleadings of His<br> love had been despised, His counsels <b>spurned</b>, His warnings ridiculed. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../1 the destruction of jerusalem.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_great_controversy_between_christ_and_satan_/21_a_warning_rejected.htm"><span class="l">A Warning Rejected.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Where the message of divine truth is <b>spurned</b> or slighted, there the church will<br> be enshrouded in darkness; faith and love grow cold, and estrangement and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the great controversy between christ and satan /21 a warning rejected.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_21_a_warning_rejected.htm"><span class="l">A Warning Rejected</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Where the message of divine truth is <b>spurned</b> or slighted, there the church will<br> be enshrouded in darkness; faith and love grow cold, and estrangement and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 21 a warning rejected.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_1_the_destruction_of.htm"><span class="l">The Destruction of Jerusalem</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But Israel had turned from her best Friend and only Helper. The pleadings of His<br> love had been despised, His counsels <b>spurned</b>, His warnings ridiculed. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 1 the destruction of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/on_the_second_part_of.htm"><span class="l">On the Second Part of the Psalm.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> them that are gentle will He teach His way." [881] How, think you, was that beggar,<br> who lay covered with sores before the rich man's door, [882] <b>spurned</b> by the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/on the second part of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/spurned.htm"><span class="l"><b>Spurned</b> (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Spurned</b> (16 Occurrences). Acts 7:39 "Our forefathers, however, would not submit<br> to him, but <b>spurned</b> his authority and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spurned.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/spurn.htm"><span class="l">Spurn (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spurn.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/forefathers.htm"><span class="l">Forefathers (135 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Acts 7:39 "Our forefathers, however, would not submit to him, but <b>spurned</b><br> his authority and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/forefathers.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/submit.htm"><span class="l">Submit (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 7:39 "Our forefathers, however, would not submit to him, but <b>spurned</b> his<br> authority and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/submit.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/spurns.htm"><span class="l">Spurns (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/spurns.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reject.htm"><span class="l">Reject (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Why do you hide your face from me? (WEB NAS NIV). Psalms 89:38 But you have<br> rejected and <b>spurned</b>. You have been angry with your anointed. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reject.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/book.htm"><span class="l">Book (211 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> is the author of wisdom, and He bestows it not upon the great and mighty of this<br> world, but upon His own chosen people, who however have <b>spurned</b> the Divine <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/book.htm - 101k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/baruch.htm"><span class="l">Baruch (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> is the author of wisdom, and He bestows it not upon the great and mighty of this<br> world, but upon His own chosen people, who however have <b>spurned</b> the Divine <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/baruch.htm - 46k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rejected.htm"><span class="l">Rejected (96 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> NIV). Psalms 89:38 But you have rejected and <b>spurned</b>. You have been angry<br> with your anointed. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). Psalms <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rejected.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/woman.htm"><span class="l">Woman (4043 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> She <b>spurned</b> their advances and when falsely charged by them with the sin which she<br> so successfully resisted, she escapes the judgment brought against her, by <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/woman.htm - 45k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/braided-hair.html">Why does the Bible speak against braided hair? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/eternal-damnation.html">Why is the idea of eternal damnation so repulsive to many people? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-an-incel.html">What is an incel? Can a Christian be an incel? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/spurned.htm">Spurned: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Spurned (16 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a></span><br />"Our forefathers, however, would not submit to him, but <span class="boldtext">spurned</span> his authority and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a></span><br />How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43</a></span><br />The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Numbers 14:23</a></span><br />surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Numbers 16:30</a></span><br />But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Deuteronomy 32:19</a></span><br />And Jehovah saw it , and abhorred them , Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/10-13.htm">Psalms 10:13</a></span><br />Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Psalms 74:18</a></span><br />Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm">Psalms 89:38</a></span><br />But you have rejected and <span class="boldtext">spurned</span>. You have been angry with your anointed. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/89-39.htm">Psalms 89:39</a></span><br />You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-11.htm">Psalms 107:11</a></span><br />because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/1-30.htm">Proverbs 1:30</a></span><br />They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/5-12.htm">Proverbs 5:12</a></span><br />And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Lamentations 2:6</a></span><br />He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/8-3.htm">Hosea 8:3</a></span><br />Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/8-5.htm">Hosea 8:5</a></span><br />Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! 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