What does the Bible say about making excuses?

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• Luke 14:18-20

  [18] They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.' [19] "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.' [20] "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

• Proverbs 22:13

  The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

• Proverbs 26:13

  The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

• Matthew 25:24-26

  [24] "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. [25] I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.' [26] "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

• Luke 9:59-62

  [59] He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father." [60] But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God." [61] Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house." [62] But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

• Romans 1:20

  For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

• Exodus 4:10-14

  [10] Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." [11] Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh? [12] Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak." [13] He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else." [14] The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

• 1 Samuel 15:13-15

  [13] Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh. [14] Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? [15] Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

• Exodus 4:10

  Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

• Jeremiah 1:6-8

  [6] Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child. [7] But Yahweh said to me, Don't say, I am a child; for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak. [8] Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you, says Yahweh.

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