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Why is Offense so easy to find in Scripture?
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Offensive Words from Scripture
How can one argue with the inherent Word of God? By writing off passages to culture, translation, or interpretation.
"Thus says the Lord: Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it: Then you will find rest for your souls. Jeremiah 6:16
"But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God....For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God: But woman is the glory of man. For man in not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man."
I Corinthians 11:3,7,8
"Behold I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further." Job 40:4
"Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to. So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander." 1Timothy 5:13-14
"If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her." Deuteronomy 25:11
"That they may admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. " Titus 2:4,5
"If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. " Leviticus 20:13
"A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God. " Deuteronomy 22:5
"And when Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said "You mush come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my sons mandrakes. And he lay with her that night". Genesis 30:22
Much more to come.
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