Excuses
Genesis 3:12 - And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. Genesis 3:13 - And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. |
Exodus 4:1 - Exodus 4:10 - Exodus 4:11 - Exodus 4:12 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. Exodus 4:13 - Exodus 4:14 - |
Judges 6:12 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. Judges 6:13 - And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. Judges 6:14 - And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? Judges 6:15 - And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. Judges 6:16 - And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. Judges 6:17 - And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. |
1 Kings 19:19 - 1 Kings 19:20 - And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 1 Kings 19:21 - And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. |
2 Kings 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 2 Kings 5:11 - But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 2 Kings 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 2 Kings 5:13 - And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 2 Kings 5:14 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. |
Jeremiah 1:4 - Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah 1:5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:6 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Jeremiah 1:7 - But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Jeremiah 1:8 - Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 1:9 - Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Jeremiah 1:10 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. |
Matthew 8:21 - And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. |
Luke 9:59 - And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Luke 9:60 - Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. Luke 9:61 - And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. Luke 9:62 - And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. |
Luke 14:18 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. Luke 14:19 - And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. Luke 14:20 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. |
Romans 1:20 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: |
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