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πρός — 357x G4314 πρός
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PREP
Occurrences: 357 times in 349 verses
Speech: Preposition
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - But the LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I am going down to see if their actions are as wicked as I have heard. If not, I want to know.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come and sleep with me tonight!” she said. “I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found.” So that night he slept with Leah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I'll pay it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, ‘Leave Jacob alone!'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - So he stopped and propositioned her. “Let me have sex with you,” he said, not realizing that she was his own daughter-in-law.
“How much will you pay to have sex with me?” Tamar asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you've brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die.” To this they agreed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - Then Joseph looked at his brother Benjamin, the son of his own mother. “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Joseph asked. “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:21 - “And you said to us, ‘Bring him here so I can see him with my own eyes.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - “Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's entire family, “I will go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father's entire family have come to me from the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:22 - “Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey,
the foal of a wild donkey at a spring—
one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - “You set the time!” Moses replied. “Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and your people. Then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs. They will remain only in the Nile River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - All the officials of Egypt will run to me and fall to the ground before me. ‘Please leave!' they will beg. ‘Hurry! And take all your followers with you.' Only then will I go!” Then, burning with anger, Moses left Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:15 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - Moses replied, “Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God's decrees and give them his instructions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I will certainly hear their cry.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me. If you serve their gods, you will be caught in the trap of idolatry.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - So he stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “All of you who are on the LORD's side, come here and join me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:23 - “And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:27 - “If in spite of all this you still refuse to listen and still remain hostile toward me,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - “Stay here overnight,” Balaam said. “In the morning I will tell you whatever the LORD directs me to say.” So the officials from Moab stayed there with Balaam.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:10 - Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don't let anything stop you from coming to help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:19 - But stay here one more night, and I will see if the LORD has anything else to say to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:37 - “Didn't I send you an urgent invitation? Why didn't you come right away?” Balak asked Balaam. “Didn't you believe me when I said I would reward you richly?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - Balaam told Balak, “Don't you remember what I told your messengers? I said,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - “But the LORD told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - “Then we turned around and headed back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea,[fn] just as the LORD had instructed me, and we wandered around in the region of Mount Seir for a long time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:2 - “Then at last the LORD said to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - the LORD warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:17 - the LORD said to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Look, I have begun to hand King Sihon and his land over to you. Begin now to conquer and occupy his land.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - But the LORD told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:26 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That's enough!' he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:10 - Never forget the day when you stood before the LORD your God at Mount Sinai,[fn] where he told me, ‘Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:28 - “The LORD heard the request you made to me. And he said, ‘I have heard what the people said to you, and they are right.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted gold and made an idol for themselves!'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - “The LORD also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 - “At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:11 - Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:17 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘What they have said is right.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:2 - he said, “I am now 120 years old, and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has told me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan River.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - “Now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes, so that I can speak to them directly and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied, “Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn't know where they were from.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:4 - “Come and help me destroy Gibeon,” he urged them, “for they have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:6 - And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD our God to assign land to each tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:8 - As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua commanded them, “Go and explore the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will assign the land to the tribes by casting sacred lots here in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come into my tent, sir. Come in. Don't be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - But Jephthah said to them, “Aren't you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you're in trouble?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon, asking, “Why have you come out to fight against my land?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - So when I realized you weren't coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the LORD gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - The woman ran and told her husband, “A man of God appeared to me! He looked like one of God's angels, terrifying to see. I didn't ask where he was from, and he didn't tell me his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - So she quickly ran and told her husband, “The man who appeared to me the other day is here again!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:10 - Afterward Delilah said to him, “You've been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now please tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 - Then Delilah said, “You've been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - Then Ruth[fn] said, “What's more, Boaz even told me to come back and stay with his harvesters until the entire harvest is completed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:12 - So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven't even asked for the LORD's help!' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! Listen to what the LORD told me last night!”
“What did he tell you?” Saul asked.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:44 - “Come over here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - He said, ‘Please let me go, for we are having a family sacrifice. My brother demanded that I be there. So please let me get away to see my brothers.' That's why he isn't here at the king's table.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Finally, King Achish said to his men, “Must you bring me a madman?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:15 - We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - But the Philistine commanders demanded, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
And Achish told them, “This is David, the servant of King Saul of Israel. He's been with me for years, and I've never found a single fault in him from the day he arrived until today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - So Achish finally summoned David and said to him, “I swear by the LORD that you have been a trustworthy ally. I think you should go with me into battle, for I've never found a single flaw in you from the day you arrived until today. But the other Philistine rulers won't hear of it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “Then he begged me, ‘Come over here and put me out of my misery, for I am in terrible pain and want to die.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - David was now afraid of the LORD, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6 - Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:23 - But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the king came to see him, Amnon asked him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and cook my favorite dish[fn] as I watch. Then I can eat it from her own hands.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:36 - and they will send their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan to tell me what is going on.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - The men of Judah replied, “The king is one of our own kinsmen. Why should this make you angry? We haven't eaten any of the king's food or received any special favors!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - Then he sent this reply to Solomon: “I have received your message, and I will supply all the cedar and cypress timber you need.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:5 - Rehoboam replied, “Give me three days to think this over. Then come back for my answer.” So the people went away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the LORD your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and he could move it again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - But the old prophet answered, “I am a prophet, too, just as you are. And an angel gave me this command from the LORD: ‘Bring him home with you so he can have something to eat and drink.'” But the old man was lying to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - Now summon all Israel to join me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who are supported by Jezebel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Then Elijah called to the people, “Come over here!” They all crowded around him as he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then Ahab summoned all the elders of the land and said to them, “Look how this man is stirring up trouble! I already agreed with his demand that I give him my wives and children and silver and gold.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, “Sir, I was in the thick of battle, and suddenly a man brought me a prisoner. He said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he gets away, you will either die or pay a fine of seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver!'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:14 - But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will say only what the LORD tells me to say.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - Soon every container was full to the brim!
“Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons.
“There aren't any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “This man sends me a leper to heal! Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? I can see that he's just trying to pick a fight with me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:8 - But when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes in dismay, he sent this message to him: “Why are you so upset? Send Naaman to me, and he will learn that there is a true prophet here in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman became angry and stalked away. “I thought he would certainly come out to meet me!” he said. “I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy and call on the name of the LORD his God and heal me!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - “Yes,” Gehazi said, “but my master has sent me to tell you that two young prophets from the hill country of Ephraim have just arrived. He would like 75 pounds[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing to give to them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:28 - But then the king asked, “What is the matter?”
She replied, “This woman said to me: ‘Come on, let's eat your son today, then we will eat my son tomorrow.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:12 - “You're hiding something,” they said. “Tell us.”
So Jehu told them, “He said to me, ‘This is what the LORD says: I have anointed you to be king over Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Jehu responded with a second letter: “If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death.” But Jehu's cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:22 - “But perhaps you will say to me, ‘We are trusting in the LORD our God!' But isn't he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn't Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - What's more, do you think we have invaded your land without the LORD's direction? The LORD himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:20 - Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did those men want? Where were they from?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:15 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the people of Israel—from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north—and bring me a report so I may know how many there are.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:5 - Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people went away.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:13 - But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will say only what my God says.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:23 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel came and sat with me because of this outrage committed by the returned exiles. And I sat there utterly appalled until the time of the evening sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages[fn] in the plain of Ono.
But I realized they were plotting to harm me,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:4 - Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - The fifth time, Sanballat's servant came with an open letter in his hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - They kept telling me about Tobiah's good deeds, and then they told him everything I said. And Tobiah kept sending threatening letters to intimidate me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - Again and again he smashes against me,
charging at me like a warrior.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - “If I have been unfair to my male or female servants
when they brought their complaints to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:7 - The king proclaims the LORD's decree:
“The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son.[fn]
Today I have become your Father.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 - Save me and rescue me,
for you do what is right.
Turn your ear to listen to me,
and set me free.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will be careful to live a blameless life—
when will you come to help me?
I will lead a life of integrity
in my own home.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - Don't turn away from me
in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
and answer me quickly when I call to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:4 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - It's better to wait for an invitation to the head table
than to be sent away in public disgrace.
Just because you've seen something,
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 - Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:15 - When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6 - Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,
“Put a watchman on the city wall.
Let him shout out what he sees.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:21 - Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you prayed about King Sennacherib of Assyria,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 - And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did those men want? Where were they from?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - “Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea.
Bring your strongest arguments.
Come now and speak.
The court is ready for your case.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have swept away your sins like a cloud.
I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.
Oh, return to me,
for I have paid the price to set you free.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated.
They will all be disgraced together.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - Let all the world look to me for salvation!
For I am God; there is no other.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - Come closer, and listen to this.
From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.”
And now the Sovereign LORD and his Spirit
have sent me with this message.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 - “Listen to me, my people.
Hear me, Israel,
for my law will be proclaimed,
and my justice will become a light to the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:4 - The LORD gave me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:7 - The LORD replied, “Don't say, ‘I'm too young,' for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:9 - Then the LORD reached out and touched my mouth and said,
“Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - And the LORD said, “That's right, and it means that I am watching,[fn] and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - Then the LORD spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?”
And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - “Yes,” the LORD said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:29 - Why do you accuse me of doing wrong?
You are the ones who have rebelled,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 - “If a man divorces a woman
and she goes and marries someone else,
he will not take her back again,
for that would surely corrupt the land.
But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers,
so why are you trying to come back to me?”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7 - I thought, ‘After she has done all this, she will return to me.' But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - But despite all this, her faithless sister Judah has never sincerely returned to me. She has only pretended to be sorry. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Even faithless Israel is less guilty than treacherous Judah!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[fn] This is what the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
I will not be angry with you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - “O Israel,” says the LORD,
“if you wanted to return to me, you could.
You could throw away your detestable idols
and stray away no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:13 - The LORD replies, “This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:6 - Then the LORD said, “Broadcast this message in the streets of Jerusalem. Go from town to town throughout the land and say, ‘Remember the ancient covenant, and do everything it requires.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:9 - Again the LORD spoke to me and said, “I have discovered a conspiracy against me among the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:3 - Then the LORD gave me another message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - A long time afterward the LORD said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told you to hide there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:8 - Then I received this message from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for these people anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn't help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:15 - People scoff at me and say,
“What is this ‘message from the LORD' you talk about?
Why don't your predictions come true?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:5 - Then the LORD gave me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. Then ask some of the leaders of the people and of the priests to follow you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I replied, “Figs, some very good and some very bad, too rotten to eat.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:4 - Then the LORD gave me this message:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:12 - In those days when you pray, I will listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - They will have their own ruler again,
and he will come from their own people.
I will invite him to approach me,” says the LORD,
“for who would dare to come unless invited?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - Then, just as the LORD had said he would, my cousin Hanamel came and visited me in the prison. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else, so buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that the message I had heard was from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25 - And yet, O Sovereign LORD, you have told me to buy the field—paying good money for it before these witnesses—even though the city will soon be handed over to the Babylonians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:26 - Then this message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - My people have turned their backs on me and have refused to return. Even though I diligently taught them, they would not receive instruction or obey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:3 - Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:12 - Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:1 - During the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king in Judah,[fn] the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - “Get a scroll, and write down all my messages against Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Begin with the first message back in the days of Josiah, and write down every message, right up to the present time.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:1 - “Stand up, son of man,” said the voice. “I want to speak with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:2 - The Spirit came into me as he spoke, and he set me on my feet. I listened carefully to his words.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:3 - “Son of man,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been rebelling against me to this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:9 - Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me. It held a scroll,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1 - The voice said to me, “Son of man, eat what I am giving you—eat this scroll! Then go and give its message to the people of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - “Fill your stomach with this,” he said. And when I ate it, it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:4 - Then he said, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:10 - Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:16 - After seven days the LORD gave me a message. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:22 - Then the LORD took hold of me and said, “Get up and go out into the valley, and I will speak to you there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:24 - Then the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go to your house and shut yourself in.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:15 - “All right,” the LORD said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:1 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:5 - Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” So I looked, and there to the north, beside the entrance to the gate near the altar, stood the idol that had made the LORD so jealous.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - “Son of man,” he said, “do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - He said to me, “Now, son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and found a hidden doorway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:9 - “Go in,” he said, “and see the wicked and detestable sins they are committing in there!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:12 - Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn't see us; he has deserted our land!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:13 - Then the LORD added, “Come, and I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:15 - “Have you seen this?” he asked. “But I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - “Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:9 - Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn't see it! The LORD has abandoned the land!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:5 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say, “This is what the LORD says to the people of Israel: I know what you are saying, for I know every thought that comes into your minds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:14 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:1 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:8 - The next morning this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:17 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:21 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:26 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:1 - Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:2 - this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:12 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:1 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:11 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:1 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:2 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:45 - [fn]Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:1 - [fn]Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:8 - Then the LORD said to me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:18 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:1 - Now this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:17 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:23 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:1 - This message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:36 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:1 - On January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:15 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:19 - Then the people asked, “What does all this mean? What are you trying to tell us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:20 - So I said to them, “A message came to me from the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:1 - On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,[fn] this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:2 - “Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:11 - Then this further message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:20 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1 - On January 7,[fn] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 - On April 26, the first day of the new year,[fn] during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:1 - This is another message that came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:20 - On April 29,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:1 - On June 21,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1 - On March 3,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - On March 17,[fn] during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:1 - Once again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - On January 8,[fn] during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - The previous evening the LORD had taken hold of me and given me back my voice. So I was able to speak when this man arrived the next morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:23 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:1 - Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:1 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:16 - Then this further message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3 - Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”
“O Sovereign LORD,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:15 - Again a message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:1 - This is another message that came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4 - He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - There was an altar made of wood, 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet across.[fn] Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the LORD's presence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - Then the man told me, “These rooms that overlook the Temple from the north and south are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. And because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings—the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:6 - And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the sprinkling of blood when the altar is built.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:19 - At that time, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who minister before me, are to be given a young bull for a sin offering, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:2 - And the LORD said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain shut.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, take careful notice. Use your eyes and ears, and listen to everything I tell you about the regulations concerning the LORD's Temple. Take careful note of the procedures for using the Temple's entrances and exits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They may not approach me to minister as priests. They may not touch any of my holy things or the holy offerings, for they must bear the shame of all the detestable sins they have committed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:24 - The man said to me, “These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:8 - Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn] The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1 - [fn]During the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11 - And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:12 - Then he said, “Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she[fn] commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:15 - Then I will return to my place
until they admit their guilt and turn to me.
For as soon as trouble comes,
they will earnestly search for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - Burning like an oven,
they consume their leaders.
They kill their kings one after another,
and no one cries to me for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts.
Instead, they sit on their couches and wail.
They cut themselves,[fn] begging foreign gods for grain and new wine,
and they turn away from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Weep like a bride dressed in black,
mourning the death of her husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - “I brought hunger to every city
and famine to every town.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - People staggered from town to town looking for water,
but there was never enough.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:9 - “I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:10 - “I sent plagues on you
like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
and led all your horses away.[fn]
The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - “I destroyed some of your cities,
as I destroyed[fn] Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those of you who survived
were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8 - And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”
I answered, “A plumb line.”
And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, ‘Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:2 - “What do you see, Amos?” he asked.
I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.”
Then the LORD said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - Then my enemies will see that the LORD is on my side.
They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,
“So where is the LORD
that God of yours?”
With my own eyes I will see their downfall;
they will be trampled like mud in the streets.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:2 - Then the LORD said to me,
“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:17 - I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy everything you worked so hard to produce. Even so, you refused to return to me, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:3 - Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9 - I asked the angel who was talking with me, “My lord, what do these horses mean?”
“I will show you,” the angel replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:10 - The rider standing among the myrtle trees then explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent out to patrol the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:14 - Then the angel said to me, “Shout this message for all to hear: ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: My love for Jerusalem and Mount Zion is passionate and strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Say this also: ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The towns of Israel will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem as his own.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - “What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - “What are these men coming to do?” I asked.
The angel replied, “These four horns—these nations—scattered and humbled Judah. Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and throw them down and destroy them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - “Where are you going?” I asked.
He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - “What do you see now?” he asked.
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5 - “Don't you know?” the angel asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:8 - Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:13 - “Don't you know?” he asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - “What do you see?” the angel asked.
“I see a flying scroll,” I replied. “It appears to be about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:5 - Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what's coming.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - He replied, “To the land of Babylonia,[fn] where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:8 - Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Look, those who went north have vented the anger of my Spirit[fn] there in the land of the north.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:9 - Then I received another message from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:4 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me this message in reply:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:18 - Here is another message that came to me from the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:13 - And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter[fn]”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:15 - Then the LORD said to me, “Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “Then I will pour out a spirit[fn] of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:7 - Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?'
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