In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?”— Xerxes, Esther 1:15
“And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.”— Xerxes, Esther 3:11
“Then the king said, What is your desire, Queen Esther, and what is your request? I will give it to you, even to the half of my kingdom.”— Xerxes, Esther 5:3
“Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready. And while they were drinking wine the king said to Esther, What is your prayer? for it will be given to you and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.”— Xerxes, Esther 5:5-6
“And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him. Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.”— Xerxes, Esther 6:3-4
“And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.”— Xerxes, Esther 6:5
“So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?”— Xerxes, Esther 6:6
“Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.”— Xerxes, Esther 6:10
“And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.”— Xerxes, Esther 7:2
“Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?”— Xerxes, Esther 7:5
“Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.”— Xerxes, Esther 7:8
“Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.”— Xerxes, Esther 7:9
“Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews. So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.”— Xerxes, Esther 8:7-8
“And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.”— Xerxes, Esther 9:12
“And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.”— Zacchaeus, Luke 19:8
“The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:”— Zechariah the prophet, Zechariah 1:2
“And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.”— Zechariah the prophet, Zechariah 1:3
“And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.”— Zechariah the prophet, Zechariah 1:14
“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?”— Zechariah the prophet, Zechariah 7:5
“Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.”— Zechariah the prophet, Matthew 21:5
“Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.”— Zechariah the prophet, John 12:15
“Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.”— Zeresh, Esther 5:14
“And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.”— Zeresh, Esther 6:13
“But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has given us orders.”— Zerubbabel, Ezra 4:3
“And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.”— Ziba, 2 Samuel 9:3
“And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.”— Ziba, 2 Samuel 9:4
“Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.”— Ziba, 2 Samuel 9:11
“And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.”— Ziba, 2 Samuel 16:2
“And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.”— Ziba, 2 Samuel 16:3
“Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!”— Ziba, 2 Samuel 16:4
“And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.”— Zipporah, Exodus 2:19
“Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.”— Zipporah, Exodus 4:25
“Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation? Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 20:4-5
“Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done. And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 20:9-10
“And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you. And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 20:15-16
“Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do. Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 21:22-23
“But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 21:26
“Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 21:29
“And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 26:9
“Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours. And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.”— Abimelech (Gen 20:2), Genesis 26:10-11
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