In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:40
“And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:42
“And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.”— Jonathan, 1 Samuel 23:17
“Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people; And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord; To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house. They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.”— Josiah, 2 Kings 22:4-7
“Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.”— Josiah, 2 Kings 22:13
“What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-place of the man of God who came from Judah and gave word of all these things which you have done to the altar of Beth-el.”— Josiah, 2 Kings 23:17
“So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.”— Josiah, 2 Kings 23:18
“And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it says in this book of the law.”— Josiah, 2 Kings 23:21
“Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.”— Kish, 1 Samuel 9:3
“They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?”— Korah, Numbers 16:3
“And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow; If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.”— Lamech, Genesis 4:23-24
“And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.”— Lamech, Genesis 5:29
“And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.”— Lot, Genesis 19:2
“And he said, My brothers, do not this evil. See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.”— Lot, Genesis 19:7-8
“And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.”— Lot, Genesis 19:14
“And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord; See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death; This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.”— Lot, Genesis 19:18-20
“And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.”— Lydia, Acts 16:15
“Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.”— Manoah, Judges 13:8
“And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am. And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?”— Manoah, Judges 13:11-12
“And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.”— Manoah, Judges 13:15
“Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?”— Manoah, Judges 13:17
“And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.”— Manoah, Judges 13:22
“Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.”— Manoah, Judges 14:3
“But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.”— Martha, Luke 10:40
“Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead. But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.”— Martha, John 11:21-22
“Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.”— Martha, John 11:24
“She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world. And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.”— Martha, John 11:27-28
“Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.”— Martha, John 11:39
“And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.”— Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:6
“And he went down on his face before the king, and said, What is your servant, for you to take note of a dead dog such as I am?”— Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:8
“And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet. He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you. For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?”— Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 19:26-28
“And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!”— Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 19:30
“And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.”— Micah of Ephraim, Judges 17:2
“And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place. Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.”— Micah of Ephraim, Judges 17:9-10
“Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.”— Micah of Ephraim, Judges 17:13
“And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?”— Micah of Ephraim, Judges 18:24
“And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.”— Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:14
“When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.”— Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:15
“Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.”— Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:17
“And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left. And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another. Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do…”— Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:19-23
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).