In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
The recorded words of the people of scripture. Search by speaker or by what they said.
“Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?”— Job, Job 9:2
“No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.”— Job, Job 12:2
“Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.”— Job, Job 16:2
“How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words? Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong. And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself. If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me, Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net. Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause. My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.”— Job, Job 19:2-29
“Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort. Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled? Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth. At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear. Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power? Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them. Their ox is…”— Job, Job 21:2-34
“Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.”— Job, Job 23:2
“How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength! How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge! To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you? The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them. The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing. By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under…”— Job, Job 26:2-14
“By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;”— Job, Job 27:2
“If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!”— Job, Job 29:2
“Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth. I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.”— Job, Job 40:4-5
“I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs. Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out. Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you. For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.”— Job, Job 42:2-6
“And said to him, Has it come to your knowledge that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, has sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to take your life? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, put no faith in what they said.”— Johanan, Jeremiah 40:14
“Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?”— Johanan, Jeremiah 40:15
“And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see: That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.”— Johanan, Jeremiah 42:2-3
“Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us. If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.”— Johanan, Jeremiah 42:5-6
“And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.”— Jonadab, 2 Samuel 13:4-5
“And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force. So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.”— Jonadab, 2 Samuel 13:32-33
“And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.”— Jonadab, 2 Samuel 13:35
“And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”— Jonah, Jonah 1:9
“And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.”— Jonah, Jonah 1:12
“In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me. And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple? The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head. I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me…”— Jonah, Jonah 2:2-9
“And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.”— Jonah, Jonah 3:4
“And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil. So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.”— Jonah, Jonah 4:2-3
“Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.”— Jonah, Jonah 4:8
“And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.”— Jonah, Jonah 4:9
“Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:1
“And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:6
“Then Jonathan said, Now we will go over to these men and let them see us. If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them. But if they say, Come up to us; then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:8-10
“And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:12
“Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey. How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:29-30
“Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:43
“And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place: And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word. And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you: For he put his life in danger and…”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 19:2-5
“And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:2
“Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:4
“And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:9
“And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country. And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news? May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father. And may you, while I…”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:11-16
“Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat. And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there. And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark. And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord. But…”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:18-23
“And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem, Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:28-29
“And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:32
“And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him. And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you? And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:36-38
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