'Defective' in the Bible
But those who are not his children acted corruptly against him; they are a defective and perverted generation.
They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.
You saw that the breachesIn the wall of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many;You collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool (Siloam).
They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."
“But now will you not entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering from your hand [as an imperfect animal for sacrifice], will He show favor to any of you?” says the Lord of hosts.
“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “and My name will be feared among the nations.
The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.
For this reason I left you behind in Crete, so that you would set right what remains unfinished, and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,
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Bible Theasaurus
- Bad (177 instances)
- Defective (9 instances)
- Faulty (4 instances)
- Imperfect (6 instances)
- Incomplete (4 instances)