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The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
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So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
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Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.”
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The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’
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He said, “Come in, O blessed of the Lord. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
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The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
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Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
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until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?”
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And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
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Why did you flee secretly and trick me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?
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And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? Now you have done foolishly.
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And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?”
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Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.
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So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”
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Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
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Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
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Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?”
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They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
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They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone.”
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Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
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So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”
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When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?”
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He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
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And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
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But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.”
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And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”
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Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this?
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But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
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Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?
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The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.
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Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
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But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
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When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?”
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But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
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Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people.
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“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
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And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?”
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Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
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but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”
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With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
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Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
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But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of the Lord, when that will not succeed?
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They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
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Why have you brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle?
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And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”
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And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”
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And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.
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And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
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Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brothers.”
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Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them?
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Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.
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all the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’
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And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt.
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And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!
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The Sin of Achan
The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?
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And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel stoned him with stones. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
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Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us?
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Then the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am a numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed me?”
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Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
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Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he stay with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, staying by his landings.
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“Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
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And Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
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And Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?
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But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”
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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
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While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them within that time?
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Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim
The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”
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And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
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And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?”
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And the men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” They said, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he did to us.”
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And they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”
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But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?
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I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”
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Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”
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And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
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And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
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Why then do you scorn my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’
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And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”
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This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
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They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.”
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Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed?
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Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”
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Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim. But if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
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Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?”
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He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
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Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
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For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”
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Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’”
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And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”
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Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”
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But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”
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Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
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David and the Holy Bread
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”
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Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?
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And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”
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And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’?
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And David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.
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And he said, “Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?
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Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
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The woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?”
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When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul.”
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.”
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And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy?
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And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”
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Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?”
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Then Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone?
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In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
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When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
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then, if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
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Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”
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Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
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And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”
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Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”
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And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.
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Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
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Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’”
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Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.
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And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.”
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Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”
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But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
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And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
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Joab said to the man who told him, “What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”
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Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?”
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But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”
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And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?
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You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’
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And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
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And the king said to him, “Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land.”
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I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
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Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
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Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?”
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All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?”
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And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”
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But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
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And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be averted from the people.”
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His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.
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Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’
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King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my older brother, and on his side are Abiathar the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
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Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?”
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And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
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And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.
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But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with unbearable news for you.
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But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?”
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The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
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And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.”
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But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
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And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
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The Syrians Flee
Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?
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And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.”
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When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.”
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Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.”
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You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
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Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”
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In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
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But Joab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord's servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?”
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And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
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So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?”
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Joash's Treachery
Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’”
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But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down.”
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Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?”
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But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
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You say, ‘See, I have struck down Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
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A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?”
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in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.
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And take care not to be slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?”
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And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
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I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
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In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.
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But I warned them and said to them, “Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.
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Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king's command?”
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Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
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“Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?
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Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
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Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?
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“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
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Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
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If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you?
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Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
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I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?
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I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
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“Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
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Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?
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Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
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Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,
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Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
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As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
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Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
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“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?
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Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
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Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of man's words’?
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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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Why Do You Hide Yourself?
Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
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Why Have You Forsaken Me?
To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
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Book Two
Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
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I say to God, my rock: “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
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Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
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For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
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Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
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Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
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Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
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Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
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The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
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Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause
A Maskil of Asaph.
O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
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Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!
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Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
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Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
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O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?
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Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
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Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
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Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
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If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
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Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
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Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
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Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
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Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
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Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
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Others
Return, return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. He
Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance before two armies?
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Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
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Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”?
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Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.
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Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
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‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
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Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?
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O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
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“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why then has he become a prey?
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“Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord.
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And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to you’?
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And when your people say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”
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Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
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Why do we sit still? Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
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Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images and with their foreign idols?”
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Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
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Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
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Jeremiah's Complaint
Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
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And if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things come upon me?’ it is for the greatness of your iniquity that your skirts are lifted up and you suffer violence.
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O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
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Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.”
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Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
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Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
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“And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
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Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
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“‘And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, “Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?”
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Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know?
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Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
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Why will you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
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Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
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Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
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Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
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Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you.
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For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;
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And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?”
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?”
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And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?
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Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?
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Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the Lord.
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Why are your mighty ones face down? They do not stand because the Lord thrust them down.
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Judgment on Ammon
Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?
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Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’
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Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
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Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
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“Yet you say, ‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
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Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
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And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.
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Why Will You Die, Israel?
“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’
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Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
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and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.”
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He declared to Arioch, the king's captain, “Why is the decree of the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.
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Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and when I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
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Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
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Let Justice Roll Down
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light,
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And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
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Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
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Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
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You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
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You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.
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Judah Profaned the Covenant
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
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And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
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Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
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And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
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But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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A Question About Fasting
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
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The Purpose of the Parables
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
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“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
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He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
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But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
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And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
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Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
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They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?”
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And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
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And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
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The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
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But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
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And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
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But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
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And he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”
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“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
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And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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A Question About Fasting
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
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And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
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He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”
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While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”
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And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.”
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The Death of John the Baptist
King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
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And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
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And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
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And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
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And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
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And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
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If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”
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And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
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But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
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There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?
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But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”
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And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”
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When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?
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And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
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But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
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Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
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Build Your House on the Rock
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
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And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.
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Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
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You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
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Settle with Your Accuser
“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
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And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’
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And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
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Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
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And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
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And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
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and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
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A third time he said to them, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”
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And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
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And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”
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And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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Jesus Is Equal with God
This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
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And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”
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Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?”
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The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
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Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
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Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
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Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
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He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
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The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
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Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”
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“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
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The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
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For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
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Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
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Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
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Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.”
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Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.”
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Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?”
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They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”
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Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
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and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
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And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
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who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
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But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
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While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”
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And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’
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And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
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So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.”
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“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
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Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
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And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
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And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’
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the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
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Paul Before the Council
But on the next day, desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
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Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
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And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
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But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
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And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
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That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
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That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”
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You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
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But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
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Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;
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Paul's Plan to Visit Rome
This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.
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For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
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That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
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So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
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To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
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I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?
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If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
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That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
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That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
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Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
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Why are we in danger every hour?
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For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
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For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
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And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
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Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
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But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
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If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—
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which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.
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Qualifications for Elders
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
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For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,
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For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
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For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
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See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
