'Wherefore' in the Bible

Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play ye the harlot after their abominations?

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.

he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.

Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.

Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

He answered them, I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples?

And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

wherefore also I came without gainsaying, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent ye sent for me.

Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.

But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I may have somewhat to write.

especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience'sake.

Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign , not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.

Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.

Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

Wherefore he'saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus;

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer.

Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;