Bible Verses about “excuses”

“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.”

“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:”

“But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,”

“¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.”

“For there is no respect of persons with God.”

“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”

“Who will render to every man according to his deeds:”

“And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?”

“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.”

“¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,”

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

“And Jesus said unto him, ‹No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.›”

“And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?”

“But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.”

“Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”

“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.”

“For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:”

“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”

“But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”

“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”

“For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:”

“Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.”

“Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.”

“Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;”

“But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:”

“(For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.”

“But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.”

“For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.”

“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?”

“Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?”

“Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?”

“For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.”

“Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?”

“And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?”

“For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;”

“¶ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,”

“And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;”

“And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,”

“An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.”

“Jesus said unto him, ‹Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.›”

“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.”

“¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

“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.”

“And he said unto another, ‹Follow me.› But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”

“‹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.›”

“‹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.›”

“‹And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.›”

“And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”

“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.”

“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.”