PRESUMPTION

- A characteristic of the wicked 2Pe 2:10 - A characteristic of Antichrist 2Th 2:4 - EXHIBITED IN . Opposing God Job 15:25,26 . Wilful commission of sin Ro 1:32 . Self-righteousness Ho 12:8; Re 3:17 . Spiritual pride Isa 65:5; Lu 18:11 . Esteeming our own ways right Pr 12:15 . Seeking precedence Lu 14:7-11 . Planning for the future Lu 12:18; Jas 4:13 . Pretending to prophecy De 18:22 - Pray to be kept from sins of Ps 19:13 - Saints avoid Ps 131:1 - Punishment for Nu 15:30; Re 18:7,8 - Exemplified . Builders of Babel Ge 11:4 . Israelites Nu 14:44 . Korah Nu 16:3,7 . Men of Bethshemesh 1Sa 6:19 . Uzzah 2Sa 6:6 . Jeroboam 1Ki 13:4 . Benhadad 1Ki 20:19 . Uzziah 2Ch 26:16 . Sennacherib 2Ch 32:13,14 . Theudas Ac 5:36 . Sons of Sceva Ac 19:13,14 . Diotrephes 3Jo 1:9

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PRESUMPTION. → General scriptures concerning Ex 5:2; 14:11,12; 17:7; Nu 15:30; 16:41; 21:5; De 6:16; 29:19,20; 1Ki 20:28; 22:24; Job 15:25; Ps 19:13; 131:1; Pr 18:12,13; 25:6,7; Isa 5:18-25; 10:15; 14:13,14; 28:14-18,22; 29:15,16,20; 45:9,10; 58:3; 65:5; Jer 23:34; Mt 4:5-7; Lu 4:9-11; 12:18-20; 14:7-11; 18:11,12; Ro 1:32; 9:20,21; 1Co 10:9-12; 2Th 2:3; Jas 4:13-16; 2Pe 2:10,11 → INSTANCES OF
* Satan, when he said to Eve, You will surely not die, Ge 3:1-5
* Builders of Babel Ge 11:4
* Abraham, in questioning about Sodom Ge 18:23-32
* Moses, in rebuking Jehovah Nu 11:11-15,22
* Nadab and Abihu Le 10:1,2
* Israelites, in ascending to the top of the hill against the Amalekites Nu 14:44,45
* Complaining at Meribah Ex 17:2,7
* In reviling God Mal 1:6,7,12; 3:7,8,13
* Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Nu 16:3
* Saul, in sacrificing 1Sa 13:8-14
* Sparing the Amalekites 1Sa 15:3,9-23
* Men of Beth-shemesh 1Sa 6:19
* Uzzah, in steadying the ark of the covenant 2Sa 6:6,7
* David' s anger on account of Uzzah' s death 2Sa 6:8
* David, in numbering Israel 2Sa 24:1-17
* Jeroboam 1Ki 13:4
* Ben-hadad 1Ki 20:10
* Uzziah 2Ch 26:16
* Sennacherib 2Ch 32:13,14
* Job, in cursing the day of his birth Job 3
* Reproved by Eliphaz Job 4; 5
* Jonah Jon 4:1-8
* Peter
* In objecting to Jesus' statement that Jesus must be killed Mt 16:21-23; Mr 8:32
* In reflecting upon his knowledge when he asked, amid a throng, who touched Jesus Lu 8:45
* In objecting to Jesus washing Peter' s feet Joh 13:8
* In asking Jesus, What will this man do? Joh 21:20-22
* The disciples, in rebuking those who brought little children to Jesus Mt 19:13; Mr 10:13,14; Lu 18:15
* The disciples, in their indignation at the anointing of Jesus Mt 26:8,9; Mr 14:4,5; Joh 12:5
* Reproving Jesus Joh 7:3-5
* James and John, in desiring to call down fire upon the Samaritans Lu 9:54
* Those who reviled Jesus Mt 27:42,43; Mr 15:29-32
* Theudas Ac 5:36
* The sons of Sceva Ac 19:13,14
* Diotrephes 3Jo 1:9
* See BLASPHEMY, which is presumption
* See MOCKING
* See PRIDE

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presumption|presumptuousness. Presumption, or Presumptuousness, n. arrogance, confidence, boldness, probableness, suspicion

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Pre‐sump″tion (?; 215), n. [[L. praesumptio: cf. F. présomption, OF. also presumpcion. See Presume.]] 1. 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
2. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
3. 3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive. “In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions.” De Quincey.
4. 4. The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
Thy son I killed for his presumption. Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. Dryden. Conclusive presumption. See under Conclusive. — Presumption of fact (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. Burrill. Best. Wharton. — Presumption of law (Law), a postulate applied in advance to all cases of a particular class; e. g., the presumption of innocence and of regularity of records. Such a presumption is rebuttable or irrebuttable.