'Wherefore' in the Bible

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, 'Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

And he answering said to them, 'Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, 'Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes.

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'

Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, 'Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not we cast him out?

And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications -- in like manner also those of the Pharisees -- but thine do eat and drink?'

Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.'

And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

And he said to them, 'Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?

the officers came, therefore, unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, 'Wherefore did ye not bring him?'

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

Peter saith to him, 'Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears.

The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;