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620 verses contain “Cause” (in the KJV: 513, in the BSB: 192) — showing 201–300
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Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done 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?
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
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.
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
For it is the day of the LORD’S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”