Bible Verses About Reasoning

And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.

Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.

Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!