Bible verses about "excuses" | Rotherham

¹ Then responded Moses, and said, And lo! they will not believe me, neither hearken to my voice,––for they will say, Yahweh, hath not appeared unto thee.

¹⁰ and Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,––Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, so shall thy flesh come back to thee, and be thou clean. ¹¹ But Naaman was wroth, and went away,––and said––Lo! I thought, Unto me, will he, come right out, and take his stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand towards the spot, and so set free the leper. ¹² Are not, Abanah and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not bathe, in them, and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage. ¹³ Then drew near his servants, and spake unto him, and said––My father! if, some great thing, the prophet had commanded thee, wouldst thou not have done it? then, how much rather, when he hath said unto thee, Bathe and be clean? ¹⁴ Then went he down, and dipped himself in the Jordan, seven times, according to the word of the man of God: and his flesh came back, as the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

⁷ Then said Yahweh unto me, Do not say, A child, am, I,––For, against whomsoever I send thee, shalt thou go, And, whatsoever I command thee, shalt thou speak: ⁸ Be not afraid of their faces, For, with thee, am, I, to deliver thee, Declareth Yahweh.

⁹ The Lord is, not slack, concerning his promise, as some count, slackness; but is long–suffering with regard to you, not being minded that any should perish, but that, all, unto repentance, should come.

¹² And the man said,––The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.

¹² so the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto him,––and said unto him, Yahweh, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour! ¹³ And Gideon said unto him––Pardon, my lord! if Yahweh be with us, then wherefore hath all this befallen us? and where are all his wonders, which our fathers have recounted to us––saying, Was it not, out of Egypt, that Yahweh brought us up? But, now, hath Yahweh abandoned us, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. ¹⁴ And Yahweh, turned unto him, and said––Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel, out of the hand of Midian,––have I not sent thee? ¹⁵ And he said unto him––Pardon, O my Lord! How, shall I save Israel? Lo! my thousand, is the poorest in Manasseh, and, I, am the youngest in the house of my father. ¹⁶ And Yahweh said unto him––I will be with thee,––so shalt thou smite the Midianites, as one man. ¹⁷ And he said unto him, If, I beseech thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, then wilt thou work for me a sign, that it is, thou, who art speaking with me.

²¹ And, another of the disciples, saith unto him,––Lord! suffer me, first, to depart, and bury my father.

¹ Wherefore, inexcusable, thou art, O man, whoever judgest; for, wherein thou judgest some one else, thyself, thou dost condemn,––for, the very things, thou dost practise, who art judging: ² We know, however, that, the sentence of God, is according to truth against them who, such things as these, do practise. ³ And reckonest thou this, O man––who dost judge them who such things do practise, and yet art doing the same, that, thou, shalt escape the sentence of God? ⁴ Or, the riches of his kindness, and forbearance, and long–suffering, dost thou despise,––not knowing that, the kindness of God, unto repentance, is leading thee? ⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,–– ⁶ Who will render unto each one according to his works:–– ⁷ Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age–abiding, ⁸ Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish––against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek,–– ¹⁰ But glory and honour and peace––unto every one who worketh what is good, both unto Jew first and unto Greek: ¹¹ For there is no respect of persons with God; –– ¹² For, as many as without law sinned, without law, also shall perish, and, as many as within law sinned, through law, shall be judged; ¹³ For, not the hearers of law, are righteous with God, but, the doers of law, shall be declared righteous; ¹⁴ For, whensoever the nations which have not law, by nature, the things of the law, may be doing, the same, not having law, unto themselves, are a law,–– ¹⁵ Who, indeed, shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience therewith bearing witness, and, between one another, their reasonings accusing––or, even excusing, them:–– ¹⁶ In the day on which God judgeth the secrets of men according to my glad–message through Christ Jesus.
¹⁷ If, however, thou, art taking the name of Jew, and resting thyself upon law, and boasting in God, ¹⁸ And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ––when receiving oral instruction out of the law, ¹⁹ Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art––a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, ²⁰ A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law,–– ²¹ Thou, therefore, that art teaching someone else, thyself, art thou not teaching? Thou that proclaimest––Do not steal! Art thou, stealing? ²² That sayest––Do not commit adultery! Art thou, committing adultery? That abhorrest sacrilege, Art thou, robbing temples? ²³ That in law dost boast, Through the transgression of the law, art thou dishonouring God? ²⁴ For the name of God, because of you, is defamed among the nations,––even as it is written. ²⁵ For, circumcision, indeed, profiteth––if, law, thou be practising; but, if thou be a transgressor of law, thy circumcision, hath become, uncircumcision ²⁶ If then, the uncircumcision, be guarding the righteous requirement of the law, shall not, his uncircumcision, as circumcision be reckoned?–– ²⁷ And the uncircumcision by nature, completing the law, shall judge, thee, who, notwithstanding letter and circumcision, art a transgressor of law! ²⁸ For, not he who is one in appearance, is a Jew, nor is, that which is such in appearance in flesh, circumcision; ²⁹ But, he who is one in secret, is a Jew,––and, [that is], circumcision, which is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter,––whose, praise, is not of men, but of God.

²⁰ For, the unseen things of him, from a world’s creation, by the things made, being perceived, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and divinity,––to the end they should be without excuse;

¹ Wherefore, inexcusable, thou art, O man, whoever judgest; for, wherein thou judgest some one else, thyself, thou dost condemn,––for, the very things, thou dost practise, who art judging:

¹³ Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.

⁴ So then the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: ⁵ Before I formed thee at thy birth, I took knowledge of thee, And, before thy nativity, I hallowed thee,––A prophet to the nations, I appointed thee. ⁶ Then said I––Ah! My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak,––For, a child, am, I! ⁷ Then said Yahweh unto me, Do not say, A child, am, I,––For, against whomsoever I send thee, shalt thou go, And, whatsoever I command thee, shalt thou speak: ⁸ Be not afraid of their faces, For, with thee, am, I, to deliver thee, Declareth Yahweh. ⁹ Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth,––and Yahweh said unto me, Lo! I have put my words, in thy mouth. ¹⁰ See! I have set thee in charge, this day, over the nations, and over the kingdoms, To uproot and to break down, and to destroy and to tear in pieces,––To build and to plant.

⁵⁹ And he said unto another––Be following me! But, he, said––Suffer me, first, to depart, and bury my father. ⁶⁰ And he said unto him––Leave, the dead, to bury their own dead; but, thou, departing, be declaring the kingdom of God. ⁶¹ And, yet another, said––I will follow thee, Lord; But, first, suffer me to bid adieu to them that are in my house. ⁶² But Jesus said [unto him]––No one, laying the hand on a plough and looking unto the things behind, is, fit, for the kingdom of God.

¹⁰ And Moses said unto Yahweh––Pardon, O My Lord! not a man of words, am I, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant,––for, heavy of mouth, and heavy of tongue, I am. ¹¹ Then Yahweh said unto him––Who appointed a mouth for man, or who appointeth him to be dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not, I, Yahweh? ¹² Now, therefore, go,––and, I, will be with thy mouth, so will I direct thee, what thou shalt speak. ¹³ And he said––Pardon, O My Lord! send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send–– ¹⁴ Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh against Moses, and he said––Is there not Aaron, thy brother, the Levite? I know that he, can speak. Moreover also, lo! he himself, is coming forth to meet thee, as surely as he seeth thee, so surely will he rejoice in his heart.

¹⁸ And they all began, one after another to excuse themselves. The first, said unto him––A field, have I bought, and have need to go out and see it: I request thee, hold me excused. ¹⁹ And, another, said––Five yoke of oxen, have I bought, and am going my way to prove them; I request thee, hold me excused. ²⁰ And, another, said––A wife, have I married, and, for this cause, I cannot come!