Bible verses about "excuses" | ACV

¹ And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice, for they will say, LORD has not appeared to thee.

¹⁰ And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shall be clean. ¹¹ But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper. ¹² Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the 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. ¹³ And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, would thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash, and be clean? ¹⁴ Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

⁷ But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak. ⁸ Be not afraid because of them, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says LORD.

⁹ The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.

¹² And the man said, The woman whom thou gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

¹² And the agent of LORD appeared to him, and said to him, LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. ¹³ And Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if LORD is with us, then why has all this befallen us? And where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. ¹⁴ And LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent thee? ¹⁵ And he said to him, Oh, Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. ¹⁶ And LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shall smite the Midianites as one man. ¹⁷ And he said to him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou who talk with me.

²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

¹ Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things. ² And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who commit such things. ³ And think thou this, O man who judge those who do such things and do the same, that thou will escape the judgment of God? ⁴ Or do thou despise the wealth of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides thee to repentance? ⁵ But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revelation, and righteous judgment of God, ⁶ who will render to each man according to his works, ⁷ to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality-eternal life- ⁸ but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness-anger and wrath, ⁹ pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek, ¹⁰ but glory and esteem and peace to every man who works good, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek. ¹¹ For there is no partiality with God. ¹² For as many as have sinned without law will also be destroyed without law, and as many as have sinned in law will be judged by law. ¹³ For the hearers of the law are not righteous with God, but the doers of the law will be made righteous. ¹⁴ For when the Gentiles who have no law do by nature the things of the law, these men, not having law, are a law to themselves. ¹⁵ Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, testifying of their conscience, and their thoughts amidst each other accusing or also defending them ¹⁶ in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good news. ¹⁷ Behold, thou are called a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast in God, ¹⁸ and know his will, and approve the things that are significant, being instructed out of the law. ¹⁹ And thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness, ²⁰ a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth, ²¹ thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal? ²² Thou who say not to commit adultery, do thou commit adultery? Thou who abhor idols, do thou rob temples? ²³ Thou who boast in law, dishonor God by thy transgression of the law. ²⁴ For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, just as it is written. ²⁵ For circumcision is indeed beneficial if thou perform law, but if thou are a transgressor of law, thy circumcision has become uncircumcision. ²⁶ If therefore a man of uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered circumcision? ²⁷ And the man of natural uncircumcision who fulfills the law, will judge thee, a transgressor of law through a document and circumcision. ²⁸ For he is not a Jew in what is visible, nor is circumcision in what is visible, in flesh, ²⁹ but he is a Jew in what is hidden, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit not a document, whose praise is not from men but from God.

²⁰ For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both his eternal power and divinity, for them to be without excuse.

¹ Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things.

¹³ And LORD God said to the woman, What is this thou have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.

⁴ Now the word of LORD came to me, saying, ⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. I have appointed thee a prophet to the nations. ⁶ Then I said, Ah, lord LORD! Behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child. ⁷ But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak. ⁸ Be not afraid because of them, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says LORD. ⁹ Then LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. ¹⁰ See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

⁵⁹ And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first, after departing, to bury my father. ⁶⁰ But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God. ⁶¹ And also another said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those in my house. ⁶² But Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to a plow, and looking to things behind, is fit for the kingdom of God.

¹⁰ And Moses said to LORD, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou have spoken to thy servant, for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. ¹¹ And LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, LORD? ¹² Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shall speak. ¹³ And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou will send. ¹⁴ And the anger of LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet thee, and when he sees thee, he will be glad in his heart.

¹⁸ And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused. ¹⁹ And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused. ²⁰ And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.