Excuses

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Bible verses about “Excuses”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Genesis 3:12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
• Genesis 3:13And 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 4:1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
• Exodus 4:10And 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.
• Exodus 4:11And 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?
• Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
• Exodus 4:13And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
• Exodus 4:14And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
• Exodus 32:22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
• Exodus 32:23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
• Exodus 32:24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
• Deuteronomy 30:11For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
• Deuteronomy 30:12It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
• Deuteronomy 30:13Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
• Deuteronomy 30:14But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
• Judges 6:12And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
• Judges 6:13And 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 6:14And 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 6:15And 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 6:16And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
• Judges 6:17And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
• 1 Kings 19:19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
• 1 Kings 19:20And 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 19:21And 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 5:10And 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 5:11But 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 5:12Are 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 5:13And his servants came near, and spake 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 5:14Then 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 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
• Jeremiah 1:4Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
• Jeremiah 1:5Before 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 1:6Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
• Jeremiah 1:7But 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 1:8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
• Jeremiah 1:9Then 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 1:10See, 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 8:21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
• Luke 9:59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
• Luke 9:60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.