28 Bible Verses about Why Do You Do This?

Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

Why then have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here?

The people spoke against God and 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 miserable food.”

The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was contrary to me.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I really unable to honor you?”

The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” And they said, “We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us.”

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, certainly she is your wife! How then did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘I might die on account of her.’”

Then Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.

He said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?”

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”

Then David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

Then Joab arose, came to Absalom at his house and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

When the messengers returned to him he said to them, “Why have you returned?”

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

Then 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 better to you than ten sons?”

And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ declares the Lord God.”

“Now, why do you cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your counselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’