Bible Verses about “making excuses”

“Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

“Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'”

“Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'”

“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?”

“I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”

“For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.”

“"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.”

“"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.”

“I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'”

“He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”

“Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,”

“saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'”

“Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."”

“The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."”

“But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."”

“Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?”

“But Yahweh said to me, "Don't say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.”

“Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you," says Yahweh.”

“"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.”

“Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."”

“But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."”

“Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child."”

“Moses said to Yahweh, "O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."”

“So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.”

“He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."”

“Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.”

“Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?”

“Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.”

“They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'”

“"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'”

“"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'”

“Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."”

“Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,”

“The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.”

“"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'”

“The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"”

“He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."”

“"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”

“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?”

“It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."”

“The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"”

“"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'”

“For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"”

“Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest."”

“Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, "You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh."”

“Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?"”