LXX Concordance for εἴπῃς

“that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.'

“for I will greatly honor you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me! ' ”

“You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,'

“When the LORD your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘The LORD brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.' Instead, the LORD will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,'

“You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the LORD has not spoken? '

So Ruth said to her, “I will do everything you say.”[fn]

“Now don't be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say,[fn] since all the people in my town[fn] know that you are a woman of noble character.

So Saul said to the LORD, “God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant today? If the unrighteousness is in me or in my son Jonathan, LORD God of Israel, give Urim; but if the fault is in your people Israel, give Thummim.”[fn] Jonathan and Saul were selected, and the troops were cleared of the charge.

Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ”

“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants' wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

So the overseer of the palace, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever you think is right.”[fn]

For he has said, “A man gains nothing

when he becomes God's friend.”

Don't say, “I will avenge this evil! ”

Wait on the LORD, and he will rescue you.

If you say, “But we didn't know about this,”

won't he who weighs hearts consider it?

Won't he who protects your life know?

Won't he repay a person according to his work?

Don't say, “I'll do to him what he did to me;

I'll repay the man for what he has done.”

Do not let your mouth bring guilt on you, and do not say in the presence of the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Don't say, “Why were the former days better than these? ”

since it is not wise of you to ask this.

Jacob, why do you say,

and Israel, why do you assert,

“My way is hidden from the LORD,

and my claim is ignored by my God”?

“therefore I declared to you long ago.

I announced it to you before it occurred,

so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;

my carved image and cast idol control them.'

“They have been created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today,

so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them! '

And when you ask yourself,

“Why have these things happened to me? ”

it is because of your great guilt

that your skirts have been stripped off,

your body exposed.[fn]