'Reason' in the Bible

and attempted to reason with the entire congregation of Israel. They told them, "The land that we went through and explored is very, very good.

For this reason, the anger of the LORD raged against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that were written in this book.

But we did this because we were concerned for a reason, since we thought, "Sometime in the future your descendants may say to our descendants, "What do you have in common with the LORD, the God of Israel?

So the five men left and went to Laish, and observed the people who were living there carefree, as Sidonians tend to do, in peace and quiet. There was no ruler in the land oppressing them for any reason. They were living far away from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone.

He said, "Please let me go because our family has a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has ordered me to come. Now, if it's acceptable to you, please let me get away so I can see my brothers.' That's the reason he didn't come to the king's table."

"There's no reason to wait for you!" Joab retorted. Then he took three spears in his hand and stabbed Absalom in the heart while he was still alive, dangling from the branches of the oak tree.

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and told him, "Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and a soldier turned aside, brought a prisoner to me, and told me, "Guard this man. If he turns up missing for any reason at all, you'll pay for it with your life or be fined one talent of silver.'

When the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Am I God? Can I kill and give life? Is this man sending me a request to heal a man's leprosy? Let's think about this he's looking for a reason to start a fight with me!"

For he crushes me with a storm, and keeps on wounding me for no reason.

"After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.

In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."

"Job's friends won't reason with him anymore; discouraged, words escape them.

Indeed, no one who waits on you will be ashamed, but those who offend for no reason will be put to shame.

But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous.

They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.

Though nobles persecute me for no reason, my heart stands in awe of your words.

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

"Please come, and let's reason together," implores the LORD. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they'll be white like snow. Though they're like crimson, they'll become like wool.

Their stronghold will vanish by reason of terror, and their commanders will be filled with alarm because of the battle standard," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Then they'll know that I am the LORD. I didn't declare this evil that's intended for them without a reason.'"

They'll comfort you when you see how they've lived and what they've done, because you'll know for certain that I haven't done anything that I've done against them without any reason," declares the Lord GOD.

"Therefore this is what you are to prophesy: "Here's what the Lord GOD says, "You've been turned into a desolate wasteland and crushed by everyone who surrounds you for a very, very good reason. You've become the property of all the other nations and you've become the object of gossip and whispering campaigns of the nations."'"

Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.