15 occurrences

'Cannot' in the Bible

Stop bringing useless offerings.Your incense is detestable to Me.New Moons and Sabbaths,and the calling of solemn assemblies—I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFutilityHolidayOfferingsSabbath, In OtWorship, Hindrances ToAbominations, To GodFormalityConvocationsIncense Offered AmissSabbath Violated

Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,who cannot be bought off with silverand who have no desire for gold.

Verse ConceptsMoney's Deficiencies

And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read.”

Verse ConceptsLiteracyReading Other MatterMemorizing ScriptureEducationReading The Bible

Your ropes are slack;they cannot hold the base of the mastor spread out the flag.Then abundant spoil will be divided,the lame will plunder it,

Verse ConceptsShipsDividing The Spoil

This is what the king says: “Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverPeople's Inability To SaveBeing MisleadSalvation By Other ThingsUnable To Save

Such people do not comprehendand cannot understand,for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see,and their minds so they cannot understand.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversResponseVeilsGod BlindingBeing Without UnderstandingThose Who Were IgnorantEyesDiscernment

Look, they are like stubble;fire burns them up.They cannot deliver themselvesfrom the power of the flame.This is not a coal for warming themselves,or a fire to sit beside!

Verse ConceptsCoal, Uses OfBurning PeopleSaving Oneself

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,they know nothing;all of them are mute dogs,they cannot bark;they dream, lie down,and love to sleep.

Verse ConceptsDumbnessDaydreamingOccupationsSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalWatchmanSloth Examples OfSleep, Warnings AgainstBarking And HowlingDumbThose Who Were IgnorantPetsawakening

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,for it cannot be still,and its waters churn up mire and muck.

Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

You fast with contention and strifeto strike viciously with your fist.You cannot fast as you do today,hoping to make your voice heard on high.

Verse ConceptsArguingethics, incentives towardsQuarrelsHow To FastPointless FastingFighting One AnotherFastingFasting And Prayer

Their webs cannot become clothing,and they cannot cover themselves with their works.Their works are sinful works,and violent acts are in their hands.

Verse ConceptsViolenceGarments

Justice is turned back,and righteousness stands far off.For truth has stumbled in the public square,and honesty cannot enter.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfPlumb LineRoadsStumblingEvil TimesFar From OneUnfaithfulMorality

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