20 Bible Verses about Why Do Others Do This?

Jesus, aware of this [discussion], said to them, “Why are you discussing [the fact] that you have no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it’; and immediately he will send it here.”

And He answered, “Why did you have to look for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

But Jesus, knowing their [hostile] thoughts, answered them, “Why are you questioning [these things] in your hearts?

He answered, “I already told you and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again and again? Do you want to become His disciples, too?”

Peter went down to the men and said, “I am the one you are looking for. For what reason have you come?”

Therefore when I was sent for, I came without raising an objection. So I ask for what reason have you sent for me?”

And the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh [to herself], saying, ‘Shall I really give birth [to a child] when I am so old?’

“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless and meaningless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them.

Then Absalom said, “If not, then at least let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

he said to Arioch, the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so harsh and urgent?” Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel.

The Pharisees said to Him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

The disciples asked Him, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”

Jesus asked them, “How is it then that David by the inspiration of the Spirit, calls Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

Why? Because I do not love you [or wish you well, or have regard for your welfare]? God knows [that I do]!

He groaned and sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!”

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, stating that he was to be interrogated with a whip in order to learn why the people were shouting against him that way.

What leads to [the unending] quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]?

Now some shouted one thing and some another, for the gathering was in confusion and most of the people did not know why they had come together.