18 Bible Verses about Why People Did Things

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab brought him aside within the gateway to talk to him alone and then stabbed him in the abdomen. So he died for shedding the blood of Joab's brother Asahel.

He said this because Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner after he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

"I thought that there's no fear of God in this place," Abraham replied, "and that they would kill me because of my wife.

The men were terrified as they were being taken to Joseph's palace. "It's because of that money that was returned to our sacks the first time we were brought to him," they reasoned. "He's seeking an excuse to attack us, enslave us, and confiscate our donkeys!"

So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.

and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

That's why "a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

"That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.

A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

The crowd was going out to meet Jesus because they had heard that he had performed this sign.

They'll do this because they haven't known the Father or me.

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"