17 Bible Verses about Missing The Mark

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahweh let fall on him the iniquity of us all.

"If they sin against you (for there is not a person who does not sin) and you are angry with them and you give them to an enemy and they take them captive to the land of the enemy far or near,

Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

from which some have deviated, [and] have turned away into fruitless discussion,

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

But he who misses me injures himself. All those who hate me love death."

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one [thing]: Go, sell all that you have, and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

And they had forgotten to take bread, and except [for] one loaf, they did not have [any] with them in the boat.

Therefore let us fear, [while there] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of [it].

From all these troops [were] seven hundred well-trained men {who were left-handed}; each one could sling with a stone at a hair and not miss.

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better [for] you to enter into life crippled than, having two hands, to go into hell--into the unquenchable fire!

Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

For [while] we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and from my sin cleanse me.

I will shoot three arrows [to the] side as [if] I were shooting at a target.