In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“So Eli said to Samuel, Go back: and if the voice comes again, let your answer be, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open. So Samuel went back to his bed.”— Eli, 1 Samuel 3:9
“Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.”— Eli, 1 Samuel 3:16
“And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you. Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”— Eli, 1 Samuel 3:17-18
“And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.”— Eli, 1 Samuel 4:14
“And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?”— Eli, 1 Samuel 4:16
“And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.”— Elihu, Job 32:6
“Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good. For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right; Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong. What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? For he has said, It is no…”— Elihu, Job 34:2-37
“Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say, What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong? I will make answer to you and to your friends: Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you. If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him? If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand? Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man. Because the hand of…”— Elihu, Job 35:2-16
“Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.”— Elihu, Job 36:2
“And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?”— Elisha, 1 Kings 19:20
“And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:2
“And at Beth-el the sons of the prophets came out to Elisha and said, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:3
“Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:4
“And at Jericho the sons of the prophets came up to Elisha and said to him, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said in answer, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:5
“Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:6
“And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:9
“And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:12
“And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:14
“And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them. But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him. And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:16-18
“So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him. Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 2:20-21
“But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 3:13
“Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you. But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him. And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes. For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of…”— Elisha, 2 Kings 3:14-19
“Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:2
“Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them. Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:3-4
“So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:7
“And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came before him. And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:12-13
“So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:14
“Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door. And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:15-16
“So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite; Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are they well? And she said in answer, All is well.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:25-26
“And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:27
“Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:29
“And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:36
“And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:38
“But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot. Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food. But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 4:41-43
“Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 5:8
“But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 5:16
“And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 5:19
“Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 5:25
“And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants? Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 5:26-27
“So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.”— Elisha, 2 Kings 6:2
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