Haller's Concordance: REASON
- Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom. Gen. 25:30
- By reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. Gen. 35:17
- For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them, Gen. 48:10
- See that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you a double provision: let each man stay at home, and let none go forth out of his place the seventh day. Ex. 16:29
- These bottles of wine when we filled them were new, now they are rent and burst. These garments we have on, and the shoes we have on our feet, by reason of the very long journey, are worn out, and almost consumed. Josu. 9:13
- Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day. 1 Ki. 27:6
- And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom. 2 Ki. 13:4
- Jeroboam's wife did as he told her: and rising up, went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias; but he could not see, for his eyes were dim by reason of his age. 3 Ki. 14:4
- Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. 2 Par. 5:14
- If the heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the sin of the people, and they shall pray to thee in this place, and confess to thy name, and be converted from their sins, when thou dost afflict them, 2 Par. 6:26
- And when king Sennacherib was come back, fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that God had made about him for his blasphemy, and being angry slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias buried their bodies. Tob. 1:21
- For this reason I thought with myself, saying: I will go to the presence of the prince Holofernes, that I may tell him their secrets, and shew him by what way he may take them, without the loss of one man of his army. Jud. 10:13
- Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God. Jud. 13:25
- But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. Job 13:3
- Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled? Job 21:4
- By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants. Job 35:9
- Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? Job 38:33
- By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard. Ps. 12:5
- But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever. Ps. 41:12
- How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity. Ps. 73:19
- For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word: Ps. 130:4
- I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent: Eccl. 7:25
- And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it. Eccl. 8:17
- Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening. Eccl. 9:10
- For wisdom is more active than all active things; and reacheth everywhere, by reason of her purity. Wis. 7:24
- For whereas they would not believe any thing before by reason of the enchantments, then first upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged the people to be of God. Wis. 18:13
- For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be chased far away. Isa. 49:19
- Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike. Jer. 23:10
- All thy lovers have forgotten thee, and will not seek after thee: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with cruel chastisement: by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities, thy sins are hardened. Jer. 30:14
- Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine. Lam. 5:10
- By reason of the multitude of his horses, their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and wheels, and chariots, when they shall go in at thy gates, as by the entrance of a city that is destroyed. Ezec. 26:10
- The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stones, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market. Ezec. 27:16
- They who have set their threshold by my threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there was but a wall between me, and them: and they profaned my holy name by the abominations which they committed: for which reason I consumed them in my wrath. Ezec. 43:8
- O Lord, against all thy justice: let thy wrath and thy indignation be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city, Jerusalem, and from thy holy mountain. For by reason of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem, and thy people, are a reproach to all that are round about us. Dan. 9:16
- For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light. Osee 6:5
- And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry? Jonas 4:4
- And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death. Jonas 4:9
- I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as the sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men. Mic. 2:12
- And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof. Zach. 2:4
- And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them and the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her. 1 Ma. 1:40
- By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. 1 Ma. 13:4
- Saying: We have detained thy brother, Jonathan, for the money that he owed in the king's account, by reason of the affairs which he had the management of. 1 Ma. 13:15
- But he, by reason of the orders he had received from the king, said, that by all means the money must be carried to the king. 2 Ma. 3:13
- And others that had met together in caves that were near, and were keeping the sabbath day privately, being discovered by Philip, were burnt with fire, because they made a conscience to help themselves with their hands, by reason of the religious observance of the day. 2 Ma. 6:11
- For Ptolemee, that was called Macer, was determined to be strictly just to the Jews and especially by reason of the wrong that had been done them, and to deal peaceably with them. 2 Ma. 10:12
- Now when Timotheus had knowledge of the coming of Judas, he sent the women and children, and the other baggage, before him into a fortress, called Carnion: for it was impregnable, and hard to come at, by reason of the straitness of the places. 2 Ma. 12:21
- Then Lysias went up to the judgment seat, and set forth the reason, and appeased the people, and returned to Antioch: and thus matters went with regard to the king's coming and his return. 2 Ma. 13:26
- He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Mt. 19:8
- Which Jesus knowing, saith to them: Why do you reason, because you have no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand? Have you still your heart blinded? Mk. 8:17
- And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves: Lk. 21:25
- And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew. Jn. 6:18
- Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away and believed in Jesus. Jn. 12:11
- For which reason also the people came to meet him, because they heard that he had done this miracle. Jn. 12:18
- Now you are clean, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you. Jn. 15:3
- Then the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. Acts 6:2
- And when Paul was beginning to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some matter of injustice or an heinous deed, O Jews, I should with reason bear with you. Acts 18:14
- For the creature was made subject to vanity: not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope. Rom. 8:20
- For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified by reason of the glory that excelleth. 2 Cor. 3:10
- And the others indeed were made many priests, because by reason of death they were not suffered to continue: Heb. 7:23
- But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. 1 Pet. 3:15
- And I beheld: and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, Woe, Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, by reason of the rest of the voices of the three angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet! Apoc. 8:13
- And they cast dust upon their heads and cried, weeping and mourning, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, wherein all were made rich, that had ships at sea, by reason of her prices. For, in one hour she is made desolate. Apoc. 18:19
- But now the mind groweth with us, and by reason of this we are tormented, because we perish and know it. 4 Esd. 7:64
- They therefore that dwell upon the earth shall be tormented for this reason, that having understanding they have wrought iniquity, and receiving commandments have not kept them, and having obtained a law they dealt unfaithfully with that which they received. 4 Esd. 7:72