Thematic Bible: To justify wrongdoing
Thematic Bible
Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » King saul for usurping the function of the priest
therefore, I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked for the Lord’s favor [by making supplication to Him].’ So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”
Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » Also for keeping the forbidden spoil
But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things [that were] to be totally destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » By adam for eating the forbidden fruit
And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it.”
Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » Aaron for making the golden calf
I said to them, ‘Let whoever has gold [jewelry], take it off.’ So they gave it to me; then I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » Sin absolutely inexcusable
For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense.
Verse Concepts
Glory, Revelation OfCreation Showing God's NatureExcusesCommunicationeternity, nature ofThe Witness Of CreationGod, InvisibleGod, Power OfGod, The CreatorGod, The EternalKnowing God, Nature OfKnowledge, Of GodResponsibility, To GodStrength, DivineUnderstandingThe Call Of GodPower Of God, DescribedGod's Glory In NatureAnimismInvisible Things
From The BeginningLike People By NatureFound GuiltyGod Showed His PowerNature Of GodCreation Causing WorshipScienceAtheism, Description OfGeneral RevelationDivineDivinityCreationGodheadInformation AgeBeauty Of NatureKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureMoralityDenying God And His PowerThe Complexity Of Nature