1. Gen. 3:6, 12, 17-19 Adam followed the
wife's leadership, blaming failure on Eve; God cursed
the earth and sent death on mankind.
2. Gen. 12:11-13
Abraham was afraid and asked his wife to shield him
from the Egyptians. Abraham gave Sarai to Pharaoh's
harem and received sheep, oxen, he-donkeys,
menservants, maidservants, she-donkeys and camels for
her. He sold her into prostitution.
3. Gen. 16:4 Abraham
went in to Hagar. He yielded to Sarai and took the
servant to be his secondary wife.
4. Gen. 20:2 Abraham
denied that Sarah was his wife because of fear the
second time. Sarah was given to Abimelech, king of
Gerar. He did not trust God to take care of him.
5. Gen. 26:7 Isaac
denied that Rebekah was his wife (just like his
father) because of fear.
6. Gen. 27:6-7 Jacob
listens to his mother, Rebekah, to steal the blessing
of Esau.
7. Gen. 30:1, 9
Rachel and Leah give their servants to Jacob to be his
secondary wives (same as Abraham). He did not have to
accept the offer.
8. Gen. 33:1-2 Jacob
divided his family into two bands, lead by Leah and
Rachel, to go before him and protect him from Esau.
9. Gen. 31:32 &
35:16-18 Jacob unknowingly cursed Rachel with death.
Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin.
10. Gen. 38:15-16
Judah lies with Tamar as with a prostitute. He would
not give his last son to be her husband.
11. Gen. 44:1-5, 15
Joseph used a divining cup; he apparently practiced
divination. Divination by cups was one of the
prevalent superstitions of ancient Egypt.
12. Ex. 4:10-14
Moses does not trust God.
13. Ex. 14:10, etc.
Israeli men murmured and brought death on their
families.
14. Ex. 20:18-19 Men
were afraid to speak with God. They wanted someone to
stand between them and God.
15. Ex.32:1, 21, 32
Aaron makes a golden calf to please some of the
people. He should have stopped the rebellion; instead
he leads it and then blames it all on the people.
16. Lev. 10:1-2
Nabab and Abihu offered strange fire before God and He
killed them. A characteristic of not following God but
man.
17. Num. 12:1, 10
Aaron listened to Miriam to rebel against Moses.
Miriam received leprosy, not Aaron.
18. Num. 16:1-3, 27,
31 Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebelled against Moses.
God destroyed them and their families.
19. Num. 30:6-8
Husbands that do not have the courage to break their
wives foolish vows.
20. Num. 31:14-15
Officers saved the women alive who should have been
killed.
21. Deut. 22:5,
13-19 Sex is to be distinguished by apparel. The
punishment of him that slanders his wife - he shall be
rebuked, whipped and fined 100 shekels of silver; he
may not divorce her.
22. Joshua 7:25
Achan and his family are destroyed because of his
thievery.
23. Judges 16:15-17
Samson deceived by Delilah.
24. I Sam. 2:12-17
Eli's sons were sons of Devil.
25. I Sam. 15:24
Saul tries to blame the people for his sin in
disobeying God. It cost him the kingdom.
26. II Sam. 11:2-4
David committed adultery with Bathsheba. Then he
connived to kill her husband.
27. II Sam. 12:9-10
The sword never departed out of David's house and
caused him much grief with his sons. Ahab men not
satisfied with one wife.
28. I Kings 3:1
Solomon married Pharaoh's daughter. He did not trust
God to keep the kingdom.
29. I Kings 11:1-4
Solomon was not satisfied with one wife. They turned
his heart to idol worship.
30. I Kings 16:31
Ahab took Jezebel to be his wife and he followed her
religion.
31. I Kings 19:1-3
Elijah fled Jezebel.
32. I Kings 21:15
Jezebel gets possession of Naboth's vineyard for Ahab.
33. II Kings 5:11-12
Naaman's pride almost cost him his healing.
34. II Kings 5:22
Gehazi lied to Elisha and got leprosy. These are the
sins of lying and greed.
SOME COMMON
WEAKNESSES OF AHABIC MEN
1. Do not believe
God; cannot understand that (even if born again) they
have an abiding connection to God and He to them.
2. Do not properly
respect and fear God. Have little true respect or love
for others or self.
3. Are highly
motivated to self: comforting, pampering and pleasing
self. They are now people, not planners for the long
term good of the family, community or nation.
4. Have weak
characters.
5. Have weak
convictions.
6. Do not hold
marriage in high esteem.
7. Do not like to
work and support family.
8. Disobedient to
God's Law for them.
9. When they get
into trouble because they have weakly given in to the
wrong actions, they look quickly for someone to blame.
10. Do not like to
take a stand that is not popular.
11. Tend to be
sexually loose.
12. Have unusually
strong desires to watch sports events.
13. Weak against the
inroads of the Devil in the family.
14. Do not teach the
children the truth from the Bible.
15. Have
uncontrollable tempers.
16. Pout when they
don't get their way.
17. Tend to dominate
rather than teach and lead.
18. Tend to attract
Jezebel women.
HOW TO RAISE
A CROOK
1. Begin from
infancy to give the child everything he wants. This
way he will grow up to believe that the world owes him
a living.
2. When he picks up
bad words, laugh at him. It will encourage him to pick
up "cuter" phrases that will blow the top off your
head later.
3. Never give him
any spiritual training. Wait until he is twenty-one
and then let him decide for himself.
4. Avoid the use of
the word "wrong". It may develop a guilt complex. This
will condition him to believe later when he is
arrested for stealing a car that society is against
him and he is being persecuted.
5. Pick up anything
he leaves lying around - books, shoes, clothing. Do
everything for him so he will be experienced in
throwing responsibility onto others.
6. Let him read any
printed matter he can get his hands on. Be careful the
silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized but let
his mind feed on garbage.
7. Quarrel
frequently in the presence of the children. Then they
won't be too shocked when the home is broken up.
8. Give the child
all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn
his own. Why should he have things as tough as you had
them?
9. Satisfy his every
craving for food, drink, and comfort. See that every
desire is satisfied. Denial may lead to harmful
frustrations.
10. Take his part
against the neighbors, teachers and policemen. They
are all prejudiced against your child.
11. When he gets
into real trouble, apologize for yourselves by saying,
"I never could do anything with him."
12. Prepare for a
life of grief - you will have it.
Train up a child in
the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it,
Proverbs 22:6.