28 Bible Verses about Why Do You Do This?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?

And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.

And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, it was I who came forth to withstand thee, for the way thou walkest in is for ruin before me.

And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why didst thou not come to me? am I not surely able to honour thee?

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."

And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.

And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.

And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?

And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?

But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.

But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet:

And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

But he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? no one is good but one, that is God.

But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.

But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?

But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?