Anthropomorphisms : Reason

And the plenty shall not be known in the land by Reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by Reason of the famine.

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by Reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by Reason of the bondage.

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by Reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by Reason of the swarm of flies.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by Reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by Reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

And ye shall bear no sin by Reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

• Typified

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by Reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

• Disease

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by Reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by Reason of the very long journey.

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by Reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Now therefore stand still, that I may Reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

And this is the Reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

• Ahijah
• Blindness

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by Reason of his age.

So that the priests could not stand to minister by Reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by Reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by Reason of the sickness day by day.

And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by Reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

Which are blackish by Reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to Reason with him?

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to Reason with God.

Should he Reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Mine eye also is dim by Reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by Reason of his highness I could not endure.

By Reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by Reason of the arm of the mighty.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by Reason of darkness.

When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by Reason of breakings they purify themselves.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by Reason of the disquietness of my heart.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by Reason of the enemy and avenger.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by Reason of wine.

Mine eye mourneth by Reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by Reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

By Reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

The sluggard will not plow by Reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

• Sarcasm
• Seven

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a Reason.

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the Reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

• Anthropomorphisms
• Snow

Come now, and let us Reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by Reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by Reason of many waters.

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by Reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

By Reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

• Commerce
• Lead
• Tin

Tarshish was thy merchant by Reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

• Embroidery
• Commerce
• Purple

Syria was thy merchant by Reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by Reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

At the same time my Reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

Now the queen, by Reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by Reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

And said, I cried by Reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

• Bozrah
• Sheep

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by Reason of the multitude of men.

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why Reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why Reason ye these things in your hearts?

And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why Reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

• Blasphemy
• Falsehood

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to Reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What Reason ye in your hearts?

And the sea arose by Reason of a great wind that blew.

• Faith

Because that by Reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

• FIGURATIVE
• Table

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not Reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, Reason would that I should bear with you:

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by Reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by Reason of the glory that excelleth.

• Atonement

And by Reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by Reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by Reason of death:

• Holy
• Heart

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a Reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by Reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

• Angel

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by Reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

• Darkness
• Fire
• Furnace

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by Reason of the smoke of the pit.

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by Reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.