28 occurrences in 13 translations

'Cause' in the Bible

If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:

Verse ConceptsSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfThose Jealous For People

and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it is a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingBad WaterBitter WaterOther References To HairRegulations For Cereal OfferingsThose Jealous For People

And the priest hath caused her to swear, and hath said unto the woman, If no man hath lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned aside to uncleanness under thy husband, be free from these bitter waters which cause the curse;

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodThighsAmenSwelling

And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Verse ConceptsBitter WaterRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitternessInfidelity

And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

Verse ConceptsRepulsive Food

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her thigh will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

Verse ConceptsBodyShavingSprinklingClean Clothes

ye -- ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

Verse ConceptsHomeHand Of GodReward, For God's PeopleExclusionland

And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,

Verse ConceptsDiscontentSpying

And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingMorningGod's Action TomorrowPeople Belong To God

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsGrumbling At PeopleOther Unimportant PeopleComplaining

'Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and cause them to go up mount Hor,

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountains

Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBitingPoisonSerpentsAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As Punishment

Behold, I have received [a command] to bless; when he has blessed, I cannot cause it to return.

Verse ConceptsBlessedBlessed By GodBlessing Others

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

Verse ConceptsHeredityFathers And Daughters

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

Verse ConceptsReal EstateLack Of Sons

And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholOfferingsStrong DrinkA Fourth PartMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeer

"Look! These women were the same ones who were counseled by Balaam to cause the Israelis to commit a grievous sin against the LORD at Peor. As a result, that plague infected the LORD's community.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyadvisersMan's Counsel

every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;

And they say, 'If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.'

For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentDying In The WildernessIf You Turn From God

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.

Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsEvil AssociationsNot Driving Them OutEyes HarmedTroubling Groups Of Peopleharassmentlandislam

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalMurderWitnesses, LegalOnly One PersonDeath Penalty For Killing

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahAtonement, in OTSheddingHuman Blood ShedPolluting The LandLifebloodAtoning By SacrificesJudgement On MurderersThe Environmentcleansing

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