Thematic Bible: To justify wrongdoing
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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 yet implored the face of Yahweh.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."
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Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » Also for keeping the forbidden spoil
The troops took from the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal."
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Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » By adam for eating the forbidden fruit
And the man replied, "The woman whom you gave [to be] with me--she gave to me from the tree and I ate."
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Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » Aaron for making the golden calf
And I said to them, 'Whoever [has] gold, take [it] off.' And they gave [it] to me, and I threw it in the fire, and out came this bull calf."
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Excuses » To justify wrongdoing » Sin absolutely inexcusable
For from the creation of the world, his invisible [attributes], both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.
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