In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.”— Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:25
“And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.”— Micaiah, 1 Kings 22:28
“Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.”— Michal, 1 Samuel 19:11
“And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill.”— Michal, 1 Samuel 19:14
“And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting my hater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.”— Michal, 1 Samuel 19:17
“Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!”— Michal, 2 Samuel 6:20
“Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?”— Miriam, Exodus 2:7
“And Miriam, answering, said, Make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory; the horse and the horseman he has sent into the sea.”— Miriam, Exodus 15:21
“And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.”— Miriam, Numbers 12:2
“Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews. If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?”— Mordecai, Esther 4:13-14
“And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.”— Naaman, 2 Kings 5:4
“But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.”— Naaman, 2 Kings 5:11-12
“Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.”— Naaman, 2 Kings 5:15
“Then Naaman said, If you will not, then let there be given to your servant as much earth as two beasts are able to take on their backs; because from now on, your servant will make no offering or burned offering to other gods, but only to the Lord. But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.”— Naaman, 2 Kings 5:17-18
“So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?”— Naaman, 2 Kings 5:21
“And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.”— Naaman, 2 Kings 5:23
“And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters. Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?”— Nabal, 1 Samuel 25:10-11
“But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers. So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.”— Naboth, 1 Kings 21:3-4
“And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me: May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.”— Naomi, Ruth 1:8-9
“But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands? Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons, Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.”— Naomi, Ruth 1:11-13
“And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.”— Naomi, Ruth 1:15
“And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate. I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?”— Naomi, Ruth 1:20-21
“And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Now let me go into the field and take up the heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may have grace. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.”— Naomi, Ruth 2:2
“And her mother-in-law said to her, Where did you take up the grain today, and where were you working? May a blessing be on him who gave such attention to you. And she gave her mother-in-law an account of where she had been working, and said, The name of the man with whom I was working today is Boaz.”— Naomi, Ruth 2:19
“And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, May the blessing of the Lord, who has at all times been kind to the living and to the dead, be on him. And Naomi said to her, The man is of our family, one of our near relations.”— Naomi, Ruth 2:20
“And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, It is better, my daughter, for you to go out with his servant-girls, so that no danger may come to you in another field.”— Naomi, Ruth 2:22
“And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort? And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor. So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal. But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your…”— Naomi, Ruth 3:1-4
“And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.”— Naomi, Ruth 3:16
“Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.”— Naomi, Ruth 3:18
“And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.”— Nathan, 2 Samuel 7:3
“And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man. The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds; But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him. Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a…”— Nathan, 2 Samuel 12:1-4
“And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul; I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things. Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword…”— Nathan, 2 Samuel 12:7-12
“And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you. But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.”— Nathan, 2 Samuel 12:13-14
“Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord? So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon. Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king? And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and…”— Nathan, 1 Kings 1:11-14
“And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah! But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for. Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your…”— Nathan, 1 Kings 1:24-27
“Take him and keep an eye on him and see that no evil comes to him; but do with him whatever he says to you.”— Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 39:12
“And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.”— Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 2:3
“The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste. But if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you will have from me offerings and rewards and great honour: so make clear to me the dream and the sense of it.”— Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 2:5-6
“The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision is fixed; That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear.”— Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 2:8-9
“The king made answer and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make clear to me the dream which I saw and its sense?”— Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 2:26
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