Duty in Circumstances
- Biblical Academia
- Oct 7
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 9
God uses scripture to teach his people what duties they must fulfill. This list reveals the duties in circumstances.
Deed
Affirmation
2 Corinthians 10:11 KJV - "Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present."
Duty
Wisdom
Luke 17:10 KJV — "So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do."
Gain
Gain (Gained)
Wisdom
Matthew 18:15 KJV — "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother."
1 Timothy 6:6 KJV — "But godliness with contentment is great gain."
Speak
Instruction
Ephesians 5:15-16, 19 KJV - "15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ... 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;"
Prophetic
Psalm 127:5 KJV — "Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Thresh
Instruction
Micah 4:13 KJV — "Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth."
Prophetic
Isaiah 41:15 KJV — "Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff."
