27 Bible Verses about Causes of failure in
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Using oversight - lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God, - lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields - that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
Let us therefore fear, lest at any time, although there is left behind a promise of entering into his rest, - any one from amongst you should be deemed, to have come short;
But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.
He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.
and, not finding them, they began dragging Jason and certain brethren unto the city-rulers, shouting - They who have thrown the inhabited earth into confusion, the same, hither also, are come, -
But, Yahweh, is with me, as a mighty one striking terror, For this cause, shall my persecutors stumble and not prevail, - They have turned very pale, For they have not prospered, Confusion age-abiding, it shall not be forgotten!
As a twittering swallow, so, do I chatter, I coo as a dove, - Mine eyes languish through looking on high, O My Lord! distress is upon me - my Surety!
Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ, - by favour, ye have been saved, -
Seeing, therefore, that it is left over for, some, to enter into it, and, they who formerly had delivered to them the joyful message, entered not in by reason of obstinacy, -
O save Yahweh, for the man of lovingkindness, is no more, for the faithful, have vanished, from among the sons of men.
And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream, - And the River, shall waste and be dry;
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, verily they are not exhausted, Verily! not at an end, are his compassions:
For we have had delivered to us the joyful message, just as even, they; but the word which was heard did not profit them, they not having been blended, by faith, with the things heard.
As for me also, far be it from me, that I should sin against Yahweh, by ceasing to pray for you, - but I will direct you, in the good and right way.
Law, however, gained admission, in order that the fault might abound, but, where the sin abounded, the favour greatly superabounded:
Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! founding in Zion a stone, A stone of testing, The costly corner of a well-laid foundation, he that trusteth, shall not make haste!
It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man:
For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard of you , cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking - that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,
Jesus saith unto him - So long a time as this, have I been, with you, - and thou hast not come to know me, Philip? He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father. How art, thou, saying, Show us the Father?
For, consumed with sorrow, is my life, and my years with sighing, - My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, and, my bones, are without marrow.
But we pray unto God, that ye may do nothing base, - not that, we, may appear, accepted, but that, ye, the honourable thing, may be doing, even though, we, should be, as it were, rejected;
Our fathers, in Egypt, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea - at the Red Sea.
Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, - Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.
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Prayer » Causes of failure in » True prayer heard
Know ye, then, that Yahweh hath set apart the man of lovingkindness for himself: Yahweh, will hear, when I cry to him.
Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.
In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him - entered into his ears!
They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And, out of all their straits, hath he rescued them.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Sometimes refused because not in accord with the divine will
David therefore earnestly sought God in behalf of the boy, - and David kept a fast, and used to go in and pass the night, and lie upon the ground.
Son of man, Speak thou with the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, To enquire of me, are ye coming in. As I live, very I will no be enquired of by you, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
But Yahweh had been provoked with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me, - and Yahweh said unto me, Enough for thee! do not add a word unto me further in this matter.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Social and family
These all were giving constant attention with one accord unto the prayer, with certainwomen, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Again, verilyI say unto you - If two from among you shall agree upon the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be brought to pass for them, from my Father who is in the heavens;
and, all the throng of the people, was praying outside, at the hour of the incense offering.
And, they, having heard, with one accord, uplifted voice unto God, and said - O Sovereign! Thou, art he that made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are herein:
And, considering the matter, he came unto the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a considerable number were gathered together and praying.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Disobedience
Then Saul enquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh answered him not, - neither by Dreams, nor by the Lights, nor by prophets.
So then ye returned and wept before Yahweh, - but Yahweh hearkened not unto your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
So Saul asked of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not, that day.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Iniquity
But, your iniquities, have become separators betwixt you and your God, And your sins, have caused a biding of face from you that he should-not hear.
Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them, - that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Neglect of mercy
He that shutteth his ear from the cry of the poor, even he, shall call, and not be answered.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Stubbornness
Therefore came it to pass that - just as he cried out and they hearkened not, so, used they to cry out, and I used not to hearken, saith Yahweh of hosts;
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Despising the law
He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Indifference
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Blood-guiltiness
Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening, - Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Instability
But let him be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-tossed, - For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord -
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Secret sin
If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
Ye ask and receive not, because that, basely, ye ask, in order that, in your pleasures, ye may spend it .
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
When, therefore, the High-priests and the officers saw him, they cried aloud, saying - Crucify! Crucify! Pilate saith unto them - Ye, take him, and crucify; for, I, find not in him, a fault.
Likewise, the High-priests, also, mocking, with the Scribes and Elders, were saying: Others, he saved, - Himself, he cannot save:
Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine, - yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.
Her prophets, are reckless, treacherous men! her priests, have profaned the holy, done violence to law.
But, the High-priests, stirred up the multitude, that, rather Barabbas, he should release unto them.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Punishment of
Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath,
And it shall come to pass, at that time, that I will search through Jerusalem, with lamps, - and will punish the men who are thickened upon their lees, who are saying in their heart, Yahweh, will not give blessing, neither will he bring calamity.
And, that servant, who had come to know the will of his lord, and neither prepared, nor wrought unto his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who hath trampled underfoot the Son of God, and, the blood of the covenant, hath esteemed, a profane thing, by which he had been made holy, and, unto the Spirit of favour, hath offered wanton insult?
And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity!, And upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rapacity of
Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about - seeking to devour:
The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, - and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth, -
I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;
And the Lord said unto him: Now, ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the tray, do make pure; but, your inward part, is full of plunder and wickedness.
If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Prosperity of
At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, - Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, - Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? Wherefore have all, utter traitors, been at ease?
They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper, - Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rejection of, by God
For ye know that, afterwards - when he even wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for, place of repentance, found he none, even though, with tears, he diligently sought it.
For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness, - and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness, - Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.
So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and humiliated them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, - until he had cast them out from his presence;
And he will speak, saying unto you - I know not whence ye are; Depart from me, all workers of unrighteous -
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Disobedience
Then Saul enquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh answered him not, - neither by Dreams, nor by the Lights, nor by prophets.
So then ye returned and wept before Yahweh, - but Yahweh hearkened not unto your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
So Saul asked of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not, that day.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Iniquity
But, your iniquities, have become separators betwixt you and your God, And your sins, have caused a biding of face from you that he should-not hear.
Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them, - that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Neglect of mercy
He that shutteth his ear from the cry of the poor, even he, shall call, and not be answered.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Stubbornness
Therefore came it to pass that - just as he cried out and they hearkened not, so, used they to cry out, and I used not to hearken, saith Yahweh of hosts;
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Despising the law
He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Indifference
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Blood-guiltiness
Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening, - Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Instability
But let him be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and storm-tossed, - For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord -
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Secret sin
If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
Ye ask and receive not, because that, basely, ye ask, in order that, in your pleasures, ye may spend it .