Topic
Fault
30 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 41:9ISBE
¶ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
- Exodus 5:16ISBE
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
- Deuteronomy 25:2ISBE
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
- 1 Samuel 29:3ISBE
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no…
- 2 Samuel 3:8ISBE
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David,…
- 2 Samuel 14:13ISBE
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
- Psalms 59:4ISBE
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
- Daniel 6:4ISBE
¶ Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
- Hosea 10:2ISBE
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
- Matthew 18:15ISBE
¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Matthew 27:37ISBE
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Mark 7:2ISBE
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
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- Mark 15:26 ISBE
- Luke 23:4 ISBE
- Luke 23:14 ISBE
- Luke 23:22 ISBE
- John 18:38 ISBE
- John 19:4 ISBE
- John 19:6 ISBE
- Acts 25:18 ISBE
- Acts 25:27 ISBE
- Romans 9:19 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 6:7 ISBE
- Galatians 6:1 ISBE
- Hebrews 8:7 ISBE
- Hebrews 8:8 ISBE
- James 5:16 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:20 ISBE
- Jude 1:24 ISBE
- Revelation 14:5 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 30 references
folt (chaTa'; aitia, memphomai): Implies defect, of less moral weight than crime or sin. It is the translation of chaTa', "error," "failure," "sin" (Ex 5:16); of cheT', same meaning (Ge 41:9, "I do remember my faults this day"); of `awon, "perversity," "iniquity" (2Sa 3:8; Ps 59:4); of rish`ah, "wrongness," "wickedness" (De 25:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "wickedness"); of shechath (Aramaic) "corruption" (Da 6:4 twice); me'umah, "anything" (1Sa 29:3, "no fault in him," literally, "not anything"); of aitia, "cause," "case," "guilt," (Joh 18:38; 19:4,6; Pilate of Jesus, "I find no fault in him," the Revised Version (British and American) "no crime"; the same word is rendered "accusation," i.e. `legal cause for prosecution,' Mt 27:37; Mr 15:26; compare Ac 25:18,27); of aition, same meaning (Lu 23:4,14; 23:22, aition thanatou "cause of death"); of hettema, "a worse condition," "defect" (1Co 6:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "a defect," margin "a loss to you"); of paraptoma, "a falling aside" (Ga 6:1, "If a man be overtaken in fault," the Revised Version (British and American) "in any trespass," margin "by"; Jas 5:16, "Confess your faults one to another," the Revised Version (British and American) "Confess therefore your sins one to another"); hamartano, "to miss," "err," "sin," is translated "your faults" (1Pe 2:20 the Revised Version (British and American), "when ye sin"); memphomai, "to blame," is translated "to find fault" (Mr 7:2 omitted the Revised Version (British and American); Ro 9:19; Heb 8:8); elegcho, "to convict," "to tell one's fault" (Mt 18:15, the Revised Version (British and American) "show him his fault"); amomos, "without blemish," "spotless," is translated "without fault" (Re 14:5, the Revised Version (British and American) "without blemish," "faultless"; Jude 1:24, "able to present you faultless," the Revised Version (British and American) "without blemish"); amemptos, "blameless," "without reproach" (Heb 8:7, "for if that first covenant had been faultless"). "Faulty" is the translation of 'ashem, "guilty" (2Sa 14:13, "as one which is faulty," the Revised Version (British and American) "guilty"); of 'asham, "to be or become guilty" (Ho 10:2, Revised Version "guilty").
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.