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Character: Instability of Proverbs 24:21, 22

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious. / For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

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Character: Instability of Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

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Character: Instability of Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

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Character: Instability of Hosea 6:4

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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Character: Instability of Hosea 7:8

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

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Character: Instability of Hosea 10:2

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

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Character: Instability of Matthew 8:19–22

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” / Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” / Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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Character: Instability of Matthew 13:19–22

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. / The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. / But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

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Character: Instability of Mark 4:15–19

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. / Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. / But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

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Character: Instability of Luke 8:5–15

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. / Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. / Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

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Character: Instability of Luke 9:59–62

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” / But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” / Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

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Character: Instability of Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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Character: Instability of James 1:6–8

But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. / That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. / He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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Character: Instability of James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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Character: Instability of 2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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