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Definition and Context:
The term "habitually" refers to actions or behaviors that are performed regularly or consistently, often becoming a part of one's routine or character. In a biblical context, habitual actions can be seen as either virtuous or sinful, depending on their nature and alignment with God's commandments.

Biblical References and Examples:

1. Righteous Habits:
The Bible encourages believers to develop habits that reflect righteousness and godliness. In 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 , Paul exhorts the Thessalonians to "Rejoice at all times, pray without ceasing, give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." These verses highlight the importance of cultivating habits of joy, prayer, and gratitude as part of a faithful Christian life.

2. Sinful Habits:
Conversely, Scripture warns against developing habits that lead to sin. In Romans 6:12-13 , Paul instructs, "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness." This passage underscores the danger of allowing sinful habits to dominate one's life, urging believers to instead offer themselves to God.

3. Transformation and Renewal:
The Bible speaks of the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in breaking sinful habits and fostering new, godly ones. Romans 12:2 states, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." This transformation involves a conscious effort to replace worldly habits with those that align with God's will.

4. Perseverance in Good Works:
The development of good habits is often linked to perseverance in doing good. Galatians 6:9 encourages believers, "Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." This verse highlights the importance of steadfastness in cultivating habits that honor God and serve others.

5. Community and Accountability:
The role of community in shaping habits is also emphasized in Scripture. Hebrews 10:24-25 advises, "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching." This passage underscores the importance of fellowship and mutual encouragement in maintaining and developing godly habits.

Theological Implications:

The concept of habitually engaging in certain behaviors is significant in the Christian life, as it reflects one's spiritual state and commitment to living according to God's will. Habits can either draw a believer closer to God or lead them away from Him. The Bible provides guidance on cultivating habits that are pleasing to God, emphasizing the need for continual spiritual growth and reliance on the Holy Spirit for transformation.

Greek

1130. gumniteuo -- to be naked or poorly clothed
... Transliteration: gumniteuo Phonetic Spelling: (goom-nayt-yoo'-o) Short Definition:
I am poorly clad Definition: I am poorly clad; I am habitually wearing an ...
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4238. prasso -- to do, practice
... A primary verb; to "practise", ie Perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing
from poieo, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6466. paal -- do, make
... A primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
-- commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er). 6465, 6466. ...
/hebrew/6466.htm - 6k

Library

I Suspect I have Been Allotting Habitually Too Little Time to ...
... Chapter VII I suspect I have been allotting habitually too little time
to religious exercises as private? I suspect I have been ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter vii i suspect i.htm

The Law Anterior to Moses.
... For unless He had given it to all by no means would He have habitually permitted
even proselytes out of the nations to have access to it. ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter ii the law anterior to.htm

Whether the Natural Law is a Habit?
... accordingly, since the precepts of the natural law are sometimes considered by reason
actually, while sometimes they are in the reason only habitually, in this ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the natural law is.htm

Whether Our Intellect Can Know the Infinite?
... But one intelligible species can exist with another in the same intellect,
for many things can be habitually known at the same time. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether our intellect can know.htm

The Alchemy of Influence
... It is the Law of Influence that we become like those whom we habitually admire:
these had become like because they habitually admired. ...
/.../the alchemy of influence.htm

Whether the Reason Can be Overcome by a Passion, against Its ...
... Again, it must be observed that nothing prevents a thing which is known habitually
from not being considered actually: so that it is possible for a man to have ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the reason can be.htm

The Seventh Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans.
... interest. When a person is truly born again, his choice is habitually right,
and of course his conduct is in the main right. The ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/the seventh chapter of the.htm

Whether Venial Sin is Fittingly Condivided with Mortal Sin?
... to avoid mortal sin each time that one fails actually to refer an action to God's
glory, it is enough to refer oneself and all that one has to God habitually. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether venial sin is fittingly.htm

The Marks of the New Birth
... And he cannot sin, because he is born of God." (1 John 3:9.) But some men will say,
"True: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin habitually." habitually ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 18 the marks of.htm

What Can be More Distinct than this Statement? what could Possibly ...
... For, when you use this formula of another' in reference to one who is really opposed
to you, you habitually, after setting down a few of his words, at once ...
/.../29 what can be more.htm

Thesaurus

Habitually (43 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Habitually (43 Occurrences). Mark 2:15 When He
was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of ...
/h/habitually.htm - 18k

Guilty (131 Occurrences)
... (WEY RSV). 1 John 3:8 He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil,
because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. ...
/g/guilty.htm - 39k

Live (3203 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly
or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life. 11. ...
/l/live.htm - 8k

God-given (1 Occurrence)
... God-fearing, God-given. God-haters . Multi-Version Concordance God-given (1
Occurrence). 1 John 3:9 No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin ...
/g/god-given.htm - 6k

Germ (2 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 John 3:9 No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin.
A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot ...
/g/germ.htm - 7k

Walketh (62 Occurrences)
... Genesis 5:22 And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah
three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. (YLT). ...
/w/walketh.htm - 24k

Exercise (35 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment
to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to ...
/e/exercise.htm - 22k

Examples (8 Occurrences)
... right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he
who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God. (WEY). ...
/e/examples.htm - 8k

Beg (77 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech. 3. (vt)
To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house. ...
/b/beg.htm - 37k

Weepeth (29 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 20:3 I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked
habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which 'is ...
/w/weepeth.htm - 15k

Resources

What does it mean that believers do not continue to sin (1 John 3:6; 5:18)? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about being late or lateness? | GotQuestions.org

How should a Christian view addiction? | GotQuestions.org

Habitually: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Habitually (43 Occurrences)

Mark 2:15
When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.
(WEY)

Mark 15:41
all of whom in the Galilaean days had habitually been with Him and cared for Him, as well as many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
(WEY)

Luke 16:19
"There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,
(WEY NAS)

Acts 6:1
About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.
(WEY)

Romans 15:7
Habitually therefore give one another a friendly reception, just as Christ also has received you, and thus promote the glory of God.
(WEY)

Romans 16:17
But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 9:2
For I know your earnest willingness, on account of which I habitually boast of you to the Macedonians, pointing out to them that for a whole year you in Greece have been ready; and the greater number of them have been spurred on by your ardour.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 4:15
Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
(WEY)

Hebrews 10:25
not neglecting--as some habitually do--to meet together, but encouraging one another, and doing this all the more since you can see the day of Christ approaching.
(WEY)

1 John 2:29
Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.
(WEY)

1 John 3:8
He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil.
(WEY)

1 John 3:9
No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God.
(WEY)

3 John 1:11
My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.
(WEY)

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
(YLT)

Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.
(YLT)

Genesis 6:9
These 'are' births of Noah: Noah 'is' a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
(YLT)

Genesis 17:1
And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I 'am' God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;
(YLT)

Genesis 24:40
and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;
(YLT)

Genesis 26:20
and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, 'The water 'is' ours;' and he calleth the name of the well 'Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him;
(YLT)

Genesis 48:15
And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, 'God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:
(YLT)

Leviticus 26:12
and I have walked habitually in your midst, and have become your God, and ye -- ye are become My people;
(YLT)

Numbers 11:1
And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 12:2
and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they 'are' with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.
(YLT)

2 Kings 20:3
I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which 'is' good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.
(YLT)

Job 18:8
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
(YLT)

Job 22:14
Thick clouds 'are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
(YLT)

Psalms 5:2
Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.
(YLT)

Psalms 26:3
For Thy kindness 'is' before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.
(YLT)

Psalms 35:14
As 'if' a friend, as 'if' my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.
(YLT)

Psalms 39:6
Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, 'in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
(YLT)

Psalms 56:13
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!
(YLT)

Psalms 82:5
They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.
(YLT)

Psalms 89:15
O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
(YLT)

Psalms 91:1
He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,
(YLT)

Psalms 101:2
I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.
(YLT)

Psalms 108:9
Moab 'is' a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.
(YLT)

Psalms 116:9
I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.
(YLT)

Psalms 119:45
And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
(YLT)

Psalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
(YLT)

Proverbs 20:7
The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!
(YLT)

Isaiah 38:3
and saith, 'I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which 'is' good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.
(YLT)

Lamentations 3:39
What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
(YLT)

Micah 6:16
And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!
(YLT)

Subtopics

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