72 occurrences

'Reason' in the Bible

and attempted to reason with the entire congregation of Israel. They told them, "The land that we went through and explored is very, very good.

For this reason, the anger of the LORD raged against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that were written in this book.

But we did this because we were concerned for a reason, since we thought, "Sometime in the future your descendants may say to our descendants, "What do you have in common with the LORD, the God of Israel?

So the five men left and went to Laish, and observed the people who were living there carefree, as Sidonians tend to do, in peace and quiet. There was no ruler in the land oppressing them for any reason. They were living far away from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone.

He said, "Please let me go because our family has a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has ordered me to come. Now, if it's acceptable to you, please let me get away so I can see my brothers.' That's the reason he didn't come to the king's table."

"There's no reason to wait for you!" Joab retorted. Then he took three spears in his hand and stabbed Absalom in the heart while he was still alive, dangling from the branches of the oak tree.

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and told him, "Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and a soldier turned aside, brought a prisoner to me, and told me, "Guard this man. If he turns up missing for any reason at all, you'll pay for it with your life or be fined one talent of silver.'

When the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Am I God? Can I kill and give life? Is this man sending me a request to heal a man's leprosy? Let's think about this he's looking for a reason to start a fight with me!"

For he crushes me with a storm, and keeps on wounding me for no reason.

"After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.

In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."

"Job's friends won't reason with him anymore; discouraged, words escape them.

Indeed, no one who waits on you will be ashamed, but those who offend for no reason will be put to shame.

But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous.

They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

Their stronghold will vanish by reason of terror, and their commanders will be filled with alarm because of the battle standard," declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Then they'll know that I am the LORD. I didn't declare this evil that's intended for them without a reason.'"

They'll comfort you when you see how they've lived and what they've done, because you'll know for certain that I haven't done anything that I've done against them without any reason," declares the Lord GOD.

"Therefore this is what you are to prophesy: "Here's what the Lord GOD says, "You've been turned into a desolate wasteland and crushed by everyone who surrounds you for a very, very good reason. You've become the property of all the other nations and you've become the object of gossip and whispering campaigns of the nations."'"

since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.

Although they found no reason to sentence him to death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

because we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, and there is no good reason we can give to justify this commotion."

For this reason the Jewish leaders grabbed me in the Temple and kept trying to kill me.

They examined me and wanted to let me go because there was no reason for me to receive the death penalty in my case.

But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

As for the faith you do have, have it as your own conviction before God. How blessed is the person who has no reason to condemn himself because of what he approves!

But I have not used any of these rights, and I'm not writing this so that they may be applied in my case. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

just as you have already understood us partially, so that on the Day of our Lord Jesus we can be your reason to boast, even as you are ours.

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

We are not recommending ourselves to you again but are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who are proud of outward things rather than inward character.

For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you gentiles.

For this reason, take up the whole armor of God so that you may be able to take a stand whenever evil comes. And when you have done everything you could, you will be able to stand firm.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

although I could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone thinks he can place confidence in the flesh, I have more reason to think so.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, along with eternal glory.

That statement is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith

For this reason, although in the Messiah I have complete freedom to order you to do what is proper,

For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people.

For this reason, the Scriptures say, when the Messiah was about to come into the world: "You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.

For this reason, when I come I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with that, he refuses to receive the brothers. He even tries to stop those who want to accept them and throws them out of the church.

For this reason, her diseases that result in death, misery, and famine will come in a single day. She will be burned up in a fire, because powerful is the Lord God who judges her."

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
διαλέγομαι 
Dialegomai 
Usage: 13

συζητέω 
Suzeteo 
Usage: 8

חשׁבּון 
Cheshbown 
Usage: 3

טעם 
Ta`am 
Usage: 13

יכח 
Yakach 
Usage: 59

מנדּע 
manda` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

תּובנה תּבוּנה תּבוּןo 
Tabuwn 
Usage: 42

ἀρεστός 
Arestos 
Usage: 3

διαλογίζομαι 
Dialogizomai 
Usage: 9

διαλογισμός 
Dialogismos 
Usage: 11

ἕνεκα ἕνεκεν εἵνεκεν 
heneka 
for ... sake , for ... cause , for , because 9 , wherefore , by reason of , that ... might
Usage: 8

λογίζομαι 
Logizomai 
Usage: 40

λογικός 
Logikos 
reasonable , of the word
Usage: 2

συζήτησις 
Suzetesis 
Usage: 3

συλλογίζομαι 
Sullogizomai 
Usage: 1

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