'Cause' in the Bible

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.