Thematic Bible: Causes of
Thematic Bible
Care » Causes of » Responsibility for husband or wife
And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.
Care » Causes of » Providing for the family
If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.
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Care » Causes of » Children's sickness
And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
Care » Causes of » Servant's ills
Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.
Care » Causes of » Hospitality
And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread; Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;
Care » Causes of » Entertainment of guests
But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.
causes of Delay » Causes of » Family cares
And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
causes of Delay » Causes of » Worldly entanglements
But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.
causes of Delay » Causes of » Personal convenience
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
causes of Delay » Causes of » Unbelief
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
spiritual Loss » Causes of » Imperfect service
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
spiritual Loss » Causes of » Breach of trust
Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest? Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.
For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
spiritual Loss » Causes of » Prodigality
And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
spiritual Loss » Causes of » False foundations
But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
spiritual Loss » Causes of » Worldliness
What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
Procrastination » Causes of » Family cares
And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
Procrastination » Causes of » Worldly entanglements
But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.
Procrastination » Causes of » Personal convenience
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
Procrastination » Causes of » Unbelief
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
Profit and loss » Loss, spiritual » Causes of » Sin
Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.
Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.
Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
Strife » Causes of » In the church
For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;
Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.
Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
Strife » Causes of » In the family
It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
Strife » Causes of » General examples of
And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.
But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
Strife » Causes of » Civil
And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.
So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.
And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.
Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom: There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.
Strife » Causes of » Foolish questions
He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
Strife » Causes of » Contentious spirit
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
Strife » Causes of » Hatred
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
Strife » Causes of » Pride
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Strife » Causes of » Anger
An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
Stumbling » Figurative » Causes of
Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.