Roget's II: The New Thesaurus:
Why:
That which provides a reason or justification:
call,
cause, ground(often used in plural), justification, necessity, occasion, reason,
wherefore.
Idiom:
why and wherefore.
Shorter Oxford Dictionary:
Wherefore:
1. For what; for what purpose or end; for what cause or reason; why.
Shorter Oxford Dictionary:
Why:
1. For what reason; from what cause or motive; for what purpose.
{Exodus 19:5}
Now therefore,
if
ye will obey my voice indeed, and
keep my covenant,
then ye
shall be
a peculiar treasure
unto me above all people:
for all the earth [is]
mine:
{Leviticus 26:3}
If
ye walk in
my statutes, and
keep my commandments, and
do them;
{Leviticus 26:4}
Then
I will give you
rain in due season, and
the land shall yield her increase, and
the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
{Leviticus 26:14}
But
if
ye will not hearken unto me, and
will not do all these commandments;
{Leviticus 26:15}
And
if
ye shall despise my statutes, or
if
your soul abhor my judgments,
so that
ye will not do all my commandments,
[but]
that
ye break my covenant:
{Leviticus 26:16}
I also
will do this unto you;
I will even appoint over you
terror,
consumption, and
the burning ague,
that shall consume the eyes, and
cause sorrow of heart: and
ye shall sow your seed in vain,
for your enemies shall eat it.
{Leviticus 26:17}
And
I will set my face against you, and
ye shall be slain before your enemies:
they that hate you shall reign over you; and
ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
{Leviticus 26:18}
And
if
ye will not yet
for all this
hearken unto me,
then
I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
{Leviticus 26:19}
And
I will break the pride of your power; and
I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
{Leviticus 26:20}
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall
not yield her increase,
neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
{Leviticus 26:21}
And
if ye walk contrary unto me, and
will not hearken unto me;
I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
{Leviticus 26:22}
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your [high] ways shall be desolate.
{Leviticus 26:23}
And
if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
{Leviticus 26:24}
Then
will I also walk contrary unto you, and
will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
{Leviticus 26:25}
And
I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of [my] covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities,
I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
{Leviticus 26:26}
[And] when
I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and
not be satisfied.
{Leviticus 26:27}
And
if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
{Leviticus 26:28}
Then
I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and
I, even I,
will chastise you seven times for your sins.
{Leviticus 26:29}
And
ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
{Leviticus 26:30}
And
I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
{Leviticus 26:31}
And
I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and
I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
{Leviticus 26:32}
And
I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
{Leviticus 26:33}
And
I will scatter you among the heathen, and
will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
{Deuteronomy 7:11}
Thou shalt
therefore
keep
the commandments, and
the statutes, and
the judgments,
which I command thee this day,
to do them.
{Deuteronomy 7:12}
Wherefore it shall come to pass,
if
ye hearken to these judgments, and
keep, and
do them,
that
the LORD thy God
shall keep unto thee
the covenant and
the mercy
which he sware
unto thy fathers:
{Deuteronomy 7:13}
And
he will love thee, and
bless thee, and
multiply thee:
he will also bless
the fruit of thy womb, and
the fruit of thy land,
thy corn, and
thy wine, and
thine oil,
the increase of thy kine, and
the flocks of thy sheep,
in the land
which he sware unto
thy fathers to give thee.
{Deuteronomy 8:18}
But thou shalt remember
the LORD thy God:
for [it is]
he that giveth thee power
to get wealth,
that he may establish
his covenant which
he sware unto thy fathers,
as [it is] this day.
{Deuteronomy 8:19}
And it shall be,
if
thou do at all forget
the LORD thy God, and
walk after other gods, and
serve them, and
worship them,
I testify against you
this day that
ye shall surely perish.
{Deuteronomy 8:20}
As the nations which
the LORD destroyeth
before your face,
so shall ye perish;
because ye would
not
be obedient unto
the voice of the LORD your God.
{Deuteronomy 11:27}
A blessing,
if
ye obey
the commandments of
the LORD your God,
which
I command you this day:
{Deuteronomy 11:28}
And a
curse,
if
ye will not obey
the commandments of
the LORD your God,
but turn aside out of
the way which
I command you this day,
to go after other gods,
which ye have
not known.
{Joshua 24:20}
If
ye forsake
the LORD, and
serve strange gods,
then
he will turn and
do you hurt, and
consume you,
after that
he hath done you good.
{1st Samuel 7:3}
And Samuel
spake unto all the house of Israel,
saying,
If
ye do return unto
the LORD with all your hearts,
[then] put away
the strange gods and
Ashtaroth from among you, and
prepare your hearts
unto the LORD, and
serve him only:
and
he will deliver you
out of the hand of the Philistines.
{1st Samuel 12:25}
But
if
ye shall still
do wickedly,
ye
shall be consumed,
both ye and
your king.
{Nehemiah 1:9}
But
[
if]
ye turn unto me, and
keep my commandments, and
do them;
though
there were of you
cast out unto
the uttermost part of
the heaven,
[yet]
will I gather
them from thence, and
will bring them unto
the place that I have chosen
to set my name there.
{Jeremiah 17:24}
And
it shall come to pass,
if
ye diligently hearken unto
me,
saith the LORD,
to bring in
no burden
through the gates of
this city on
the sabbath day,
but hallow
the sabbath day,
to do no work therein;
{Jeremiah 17:25}
Then
shall there enter
into the gates of
this city
kings and
princes
sitting upon
the throne of David,
riding in chariots and
on horses,
they, and
their princes,
the men of Judah, and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and
this city
shall remain for ever.
{Joel 3:4}
Yea, and
what have ye to do with me,
O Tyre, and
Zidon, and
all the coasts of Palestine?
will ye
render me a recompence? and
if
ye recompense me, swiftly [and]
speedily
will I
return your
recompence
upon your own head;
{Malachi 2:2}
If
ye will not hear, and
if
ye will not lay [it] to heart,
to give glory unto my name,
saith the LORD of hosts,
I will even send a curse upon you, and
I will curse your blessings:
yea,
I have cursed them already,
because
ye do
not lay [it] to heart.
. . .
