making excuses

Genesis Chapter 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis Chapter 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Exodus Chapter 4:10

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Exodus Chapter 4:11

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

Exodus Chapter 4:12

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Exodus Chapter 4:13

And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

Exodus Chapter 4:14

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

1 Samuel Chapter 15:13

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

1 Samuel Chapter 15:14

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

1 Samuel Chapter 15:15

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

Proverbs Chapter 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs Chapter 26:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs Chapter 28:13

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Jeremiah Chapter 1:6

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Jeremiah Chapter 1:7

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Jeremiah Chapter 1:8

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Matthew Chapter 7:21

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew Chapter 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Matthew Chapter 7:23

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew Chapter 12:36

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Matthew Chapter 25:24

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Matthew Chapter 25:25

And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

Matthew Chapter 25:26

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Luke Chapter 9:59

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Luke Chapter 9:60

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

Luke Chapter 9:61

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

Luke Chapter 9:62

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke Chapter 14:18

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

Luke Chapter 14:19

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

Luke Chapter 14:20

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Luke Chapter 14:21

So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

Luke Chapter 14:22

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

Luke Chapter 14:23

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Luke Chapter 14:24

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Luke Chapter 14:25

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

Luke Chapter 14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke Chapter 14:27

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke Chapter 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Luke Chapter 14:29

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Luke Chapter 14:30

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Luke Chapter 14:31

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Luke Chapter 14:32

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

Luke Chapter 14:33

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke Chapter 14:34

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Luke Chapter 14:35

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Romans Chapter 1:20

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: