Haller's Concordance for THE HOLY BIBLE: Darby: Haller's Concordance: WHY

Haller's Concordance: WHY

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen? Gen. 4:6
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Gen. 12:18
Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take her, and go away. Gen. 12:19
And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old? Gen. 18:13
And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah! why standest thou outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. Gen. 24:31
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Jehovah. Gen. 25:22
And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you? Gen. 26:27
until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day? Gen. 27:45
And it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? Have I not served thee for Rachel? Why then hast thou deceived me? Gen. 29:25
Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp; Gen. 31:27
And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods? Gen. 31:30
And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces so sad to-day? Gen. 40:7
And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? Gen. 42:1
And Israel said, Why did ye deal so ill with me as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? Gen. 43:6
They were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good? Gen. 44:4
And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing! Gen. 44:7
And when money came to an end in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread! for why should we die before thee? for our money is all gone. Gen. 47:15
Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate. Gen. 47:19
And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive? Ex. 1:18
And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour? Ex. 2:13
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day? Ex. 2:18
And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread. Ex. 2:20
And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt. Ex. 3:3
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, wish to have the people go off from their works? Away, to your burdens! Ex. 5:4
And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore? Ex. 5:14
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen? Ex. 5:15
And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou sent me? Ex. 5:22
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his bondmen was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from our service? Ex. 14:5
And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt? Ex. 14:11
And Jehovah said to Moses, Why dost thou cry unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. Ex. 14:15
And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah? Ex. 17:2
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? Ex. 17:3
And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening? Ex. 18:14
And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand? Ex. 32:11
Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people! Ex. 32:12
Why have ye not eaten the sin-offering in a holy place? for it is most holy, and he has given it to you that ye might bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make atonement for them before Jehovah. Lev. 10:17
And those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel? Num. 9:7
And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? Num. 11:11
but for a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it become loathsome unto you; because that ye have despised Jehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? Num. 11:20
Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? Num. 12:8
And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt? Num. 14:3
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper! Num. 14:41
and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah? Num. 16:3
And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? Num. 20:4
And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink. Num. 20:5
and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread. Num. 21:5
And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why didst thou not come to me? am I not surely able to honour thee? Num. 22:37
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he has no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father. Num. 27:4
And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them? Num. 32:7
And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die. Dt. 5:25
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger? Dt. 29:24
And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised them: all the people that had come out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt. Josh. 5:4
And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; whereas ye dwell in our midst? Josh. 9:22
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto? Josh. 17:14
ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not hearkened unto my voice. Why have ye done this? Judg. 2:2
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the bleating of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben there were great deliberations of heart! Judg. 5:16
Gilead abode beyond Jordan; And Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat on the sea-shore, And abode in his creeks. Judg. 5:17
Them other of Sisera looketh out at the window, And crieth through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the trampings of his chariots? Judg. 5:28
And Gideon said to him, Ah my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles that our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? And now Jehovah hath cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian. Judg. 6:13
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is he not the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his overseer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem! and why should *we* serve him? Judg. 9:28
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come to me now when ye are in trouble? Judg. 11:7
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its dependent villages, and in Aroer and its dependent villages, and in all the cities that are along the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years -- why did ye not recover them within that time? Judg. 11:26
And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire. Judg. 12:1
And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me? Judg. 12:3
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us. Judg. 15:10
and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel? Judg. 21:3
And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands? Ruth 1:11
I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me? Ruth 1:21
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner? Ruth 2:10
And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons? 1 Sam. 1:8
And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people. 1 Sam. 2:23
And the people came into the camp; and the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch ourselves the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies. 1 Sam. 4:3
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; ye must at any rate return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 1 Sam. 6:3
And why will ye harden your heart, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? When he had wrought mightily among them, did they not let them go, and they departed? 1 Sam. 6:6
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjaminite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why dost thou speak such words to me? 1 Sam. 9:21
Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah? 1 Sam. 15:19
And he stood and cried to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me. 1 Sam. 17:8
And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard while he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 1 Sam. 17:28
for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause? 1 Sam. 19:5
Then Saul said to Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I slay thee? 1 Sam. 19:17
And he said to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 1 Sam. 20:2
Deal kindly then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 1 Sam. 20:8
And it came to pass the next day after the new moon, the second day of the month, as David's place was empty, that Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to table, neither yesterday nor to-day? 1 Sam. 20:27
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done? 1 Sam. 20:32
And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 1 Sam. 21:1
And Achish said to his servants, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye bring him to me? 1 Sam. 21:14
And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day? 1 Sam. 22:13
And David said to Saul, Why dost thou listen to words of men, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt? 1 Sam. 24:9
And David said to Abner, Art not thou a man? and who is like to thee in Israel? and why hast thou not guarded thy lord the king? for one of the people came in to destroy the king thy lord. 1 Sam. 26:15
And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? 1 Sam. 26:18
And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee? 1 Sam. 27:5
And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land; and why layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 1 Sam. 28:9
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? Even thou art Saul. 1 Sam. 28:12
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul said, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do. 1 Sam. 28:15
And Samuel said, Why then dost thou inquire of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 1 Sam. 28:16
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: why should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2 Sam. 2:22
And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine? 2 Sam. 3:7
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came to thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is gone? 2 Sam. 3:24
In all my going about with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars? 2 Sam. 7:7
And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house? 2 Sam. 11:10
and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall? 2 Sam. 11:20
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall? -- then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also. 2 Sam. 11:21
But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me. 2 Sam. 12:23
And he said to him, Why dost thou, the king's son, get thinner from morning to morning? Wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 2 Sam. 13:4
And Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? 2 Sam. 13:26
And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. 2 Sam. 14:13
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire? 2 Sam. 14:31
And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him slay me. 2 Sam. 14:32
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why dost thou also go with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king; for thou art a foreigner, and besides, thou hast emigrated to the place where thou dwellest. 2 Sam. 15:19
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 2 Sam. 16:9
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, for Jehovah has said to him, Curse David! Who shall then say, Why dost thou so? 2 Sam. 16:10
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why didst thou not go with thy friend? 2 Sam. 16:17
And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten silver pieces and a girdle. 2 Sam. 18:11
And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, Come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why wilt thou run, my son, seeing that there is no news suited to thee? 2 Sam. 18:22
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back? 2 Sam. 19:10
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to his house. 2 Sam. 19:11
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king? 2 Sam. 19:12
And as soon as Jerusalem came to meet the king, the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth? 2 Sam. 19:25
And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 2 Sam. 19:29
I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat and what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? and why should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? 2 Sam. 19:35
Thy servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it to me with this reward? 2 Sam. 19:36
And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over the Jordan? 2 Sam. 19:41
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to me; and why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten anything which came from the king, or has he given us any present? 2 Sam. 19:42
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel. 2 Sam. 19:43
I am peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah? 2 Sam. 20:19
And Joab said to the king, May Jehovah thy God even add to the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? 2 Sam. 24:3
And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 2 Sam. 24:21
And his father had not grieved him at any time in saying, Why doest thou so? and he was also a very comely man; and his mother bore him after Absalom. 1 Ki. 1:6
Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign? 1 Ki. 1:13
And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 1 Ki. 2:22
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with? 1 Ki. 2:43
and this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished at, and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house? 1 Ki. 9:8
And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou to be another? But I am sent to thee with a hard message. 1 Ki. 14:6
And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread? 1 Ki. 21:5
And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned? 2 Ki. 1:5
And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to-day? It is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It is well. 2 Ki. 4:23
And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 2 Ki. 5:8
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer? 2 Ki. 6:33
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die? 2 Ki. 7:3
And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou kill with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their children, and rip up their women with child. 2 Ki. 8:12
And Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord. And one said to him, Is all well? why came this madman to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his mind. 2 Ki. 9:11
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? And now receive no money of your acquaintances, but give it for the breaches of the house. 2 Ki. 12:7
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee? 2 Ki. 14:10
In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars? 1 Chr. 17:6
And Joab said, Jehovah add to his people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold: are they not all, my lord O king, my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why should he become a trespass to Israel? 1 Chr. 21:3
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house? 2 Chr. 7:21
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah laid upon the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony? 2 Chr. 24:6
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why dost thou seek after the gods of a people who have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? 2 Chr. 25:15
And it came to pass as he talked with him, that Amaziah said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel. 2 Chr. 25:16
Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee? 2 Chr. 25:19
And there was gathered together much people, and they stopped all the fountains, and the torrent that flows through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water? 2 Chr. 32:4
and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings? Ezra 4:22
Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens, let it be carefully done for the house of the God of the heavens; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? Ezra 7:23
And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid. Neh. 2:2
And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire? Neh. 2:3
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you? Neh. 6:3
Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place. Neh. 13:11
And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath. Neh. 13:21
Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? Esther 3:3
Then Esther called for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. Esther 4:5
Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck? Job 3:12
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself? Job 7:20
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be. Job 7:21
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain? Job 9:29
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink? Job 15:12
Why do ye persecute me as *God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? Job 19:22
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days? Job 24:1
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain? Job 27:12
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. Job 33:13
Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing? Ps. 2:1
Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress? Ps. 10:1
My *God, my *God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning? Ps. 22:1
Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, for the health of his countenance. Ps. 42:5
I will say unto *God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Ps. 42:9
Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Ps. 42:11
For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Ps. 43:2
Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Ps. 43:5
Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. Ps. 44:23
Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually. Ps. 52:1
Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever. Ps. 68:16
Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? Ps. 74:1
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom: consume them. Ps. 74:11
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it? Ps. 80:12
Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? Ps. 88:14
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Pr. 5:20
if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Pr. 22:27
And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. Eccl. 2:15
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Eccl. 7:16
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? Eccl. 7:17
Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? Song 1:7
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ... Why should ye stir up, why awake my love, till he please? Song 8:4
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Isa. 1:5
Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God? Isa. 40:27
Why, O Jehovah, hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hast hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. Isa. 63:17
Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a spoil? Jer. 2:14
Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria. Jer. 2:36
Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Jer. 8:5
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah. Jer. 8:14
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities? Jer. 8:19
Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people? Jer. 8:22
Who is a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? Jer. 9:12
Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night? Jer. 14:8
Why wilt thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name: leave us not. Jer. 14:9
-- Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, -- and a time of healing, and behold terror! Jer. 14:19
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous spring, as waters that fail? Jer. 15:18
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah. Jer. 26:9
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? Jer. 27:13
And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you? Jer. 29:27
Why criest thou because of thy bruise? thy sorrow is incurable; for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins are manifold, I have done these things unto thee. Jer. 30:15
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; Jer. 32:3
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from it man and beast? Jer. 36:29
And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. Jer. 38:4
And Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will smite Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it: why should he take thy life, and all they of Judah who are gathered unto thee be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish? Jer. 40:15
Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah. Jer. 46:5
Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down. Jer. 46:15
Concerning the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? Why is Malcam heir of Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof? Jer. 49:1
And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live. Ezek. 18:19
Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel? Ezek. 18:31
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Ezek. 33:11
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king who hath appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces worse liking than the youths who are of your age? and ye would endanger my head with the king. Dan. 1:10
he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. Dan. 2:15
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail? Mic. 4:9
Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. Hab. 1:3
Have we not all one father? Hath not one *God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Mal. 2:10
And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; Mt. 6:28
But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye? Mt. 7:3
And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Mt. 8:26
And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do *ye* think evil things in your hearts? Mt. 9:4
And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners? Mt. 9:11
Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not? Mt. 9:14
And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables? Mt. 13:10
And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? Mt. 14:31
Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. Mt. 15:2
But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching? Mt. 15:3
And Jesus knowing it, said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread? Mt. 16:8
And his disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come? Mt. 17:10
Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said to him, Why were not *we* able to cast him out? Mt. 17:19
They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send her away? Mt. 19:7
But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? Mt. 20:6
The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him? Mt. 21:25
But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites? Mt. 22:18
But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me. Mt. 26:10
but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Mt. 27:46
Why does this man thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone? Mk. 2:7
And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Mk. 2:8
And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners? Mk. 2:16
And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? Mk. 2:18
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful? Mk. 2:24
And he said to them, Why are ye thus fearful? how is it ye have not faith? Mk. 4:40
While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter has died, why troublest thou the teacher any further? Mk. 5:35
And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps. Mk. 5:39
then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands? Mk. 7:5
And groaning in his spirit, he says, Why does this generation seek a sign? Verily I say unto you, A sign shall in no wise be given to this generation. Mk. 8:12
And Jesus knowing it, says to them, Why reason ye because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened? Mk. 8:17
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come? Mk. 9:11
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? no one is good but one, that is God. Mk. 10:18
And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither. Mk. 11:3
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why then have ye not believed him? Mk. 11:31
Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see it. Mk. 12:15
And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment? Mk. 14:4
But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me; Mk. 14:6
and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Mk. 15:34
And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed. Lk. 2:48
And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business? Lk. 2:49
But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts? Lk. 5:22
And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners? Lk. 5:30
And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink? Lk. 5:33
But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath? Lk. 6:2
But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye? Lk. 6:41
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say? Lk. 6:46
If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest? Lk. 12:26
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? Lk. 12:57
And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless? Lk. 13:7
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God. Lk. 18:19
And why didst thou not give my money to the bank; and *I* should have received it, at my coming, with interest? Lk. 19:23
And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it. Lk. 19:31
And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt? Lk. 19:33
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him? Lk. 20:5
But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me? Lk. 20:23
And he said to them, Why sleep ye? rise up and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Lk. 22:46
And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead? Lk. 24:5
And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why are thoughts rising in your hearts? Lk. 24:38
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? Jn. 1:25
And upon this came his disciples, and wondered that he spoke with a woman; yet no one said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? Jn. 4:27
Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? Jn. 7:19
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him? Jn. 7:45
Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word. Jn. 8:43
Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? Jn. 8:46
He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples? Jn. 9:27
but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him? Jn. 10:20
Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? Jn. 12:5
But none of those at table knew why he said this to him; Jn. 13:28
Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. Jn. 13:37
Why demandest thou of me? Demand of those who have heard, what I have spoken to them; behold, they know what I have said. Jn. 18:21
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me? Jn. 18:23
And they say to her, Woman, why dost thou weep? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. Jn. 20:13
Jesus says to her, Woman, why dost thou weep? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing that it was the gardener, says to him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jn. 20:15
who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven. Acts 1:11
And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk? Acts 3:12
who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things? Acts 4:25
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate? Acts 5:3
While it remained did it not remain to *thee*? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. Acts 5:4
And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out. Acts 5:9
And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one another? Acts 7:26
and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? Acts 9:4
and saying, Men, why do ye these things? *We* also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them; Acts 14:15
Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? Acts 15:10
And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Acts 22:7
And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name. Acts 22:16
And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them. Acts 22:30
Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead? Acts 26:8
And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads. Acts 26:14
For if the truth of God, in my lie, has more abounded to his glory, why yet am *I* also judged as a sinner? Rom. 3:7
For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope? Rom. 8:24
Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose? Rom. 9:19
Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Rom. 9:20
But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God. Rom. 14:10
For who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? but if also thou hast received, why boastest thou as not receiving? 1 Cor. 4:7
Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded? 1 Cor. 6:7
but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience? 1 Cor. 10:29
If *I* partake with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what *I* give thanks for? 1 Cor. 10:30
Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if those that are dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them? 1 Cor. 15:29
Why do *we* also endanger ourselves every hour? 1 Cor. 15:30
Why? because I do not love you? God knows. 2 Cor. 11:11
Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator. Gal. 3:19
But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away. Gal. 5:11
If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as if alive in the world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances? Col. 2:20
And the angel said to me, Why hast thou wondered? *I* will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. Rev. 17:7