Bible Verses about 'Why do bad things happen'
| Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? | And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? |
| I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ | And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ |
| Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” | Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” |
| Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. |
| Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. | Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. |
| Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. | Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this. |
| And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name. | And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. |
| “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. | All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. |
| Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. | For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. |
| They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” | And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” |
| God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. | And the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. |
| These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. | But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. |
| Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. | Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. |
| Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. | Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. |
| Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. | Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. |
| No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. | Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. |
| “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. | All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. |
| Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. | Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. |
| I can do all this through him who gives me strength. | I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. |
| For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. | For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness. |
| What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
| Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. | All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. |
| For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. | For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. |
| Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. | O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. |
| We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. | And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. |
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