Quotations Flashcards
(158 cards)
1
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“In judging, do not let a man’s position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge.”
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Moses
2
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“Jehovah your God shall raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, one like me; you shall listen to him.”
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Moses
3
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“We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
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Phillip
4
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“Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Could he be the Messiah?”
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The unnamed Samaritan woman at the well.
5
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“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.”
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Jesus
6
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“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”
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David
7
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“Lord, we remember how that deceiver said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be resurrected.’ So then order the tomb to be secured until the third day; otherwise his disciples may come and steal him and tell the people that he was resurrected from the dead, and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
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Chief priests and Pharisees
8
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“Look! I see Heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!”
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Stephen
9
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“Then I saw heaven standing open, and on to the scene there came a white horse. Its rider’s name was Faithful and True, for both as a judge and as a warrior he is just.”
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John
10
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“How often they rebelled against him in the desert;
how many times they made him sad!
Again and again they put God to the test
and brought pain to the Holy God of Israel.”
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Asaph
11
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“But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.”
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Isaiah
12
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“And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.”
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Paul
13
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“To you, O Jehovah, be the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all in the heavens and in the earth belongs to You, O Jehovah; Yours is the kingdom, and You lift up Yourself to all as Head; and the riches, and the honor come from before You, and You rule over all; and in Your hand is power and might; and it is in Your hand to make great, and to give strength to all.”
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David
14
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“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never, be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.”
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Daniel
15
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“Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.”
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Jesus
16
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“Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
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Salome (Mother of the Sons of Zebedee)
17
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“This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest; and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of the others—”
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Jesus
18
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“What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.”
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King Ahasuerus
19
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“So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.”
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James
20
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“‘Be angry, yet do not sin.’ Do not let the sun go down on your wrath.”
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Paul
21
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“Honor Jehovah with your valuable things and with the firstfruits of all your produce. Then your stores of supply will be filled with plenty; and with new wine your own press vats will overflow.”
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Solomon
22
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“I have shown you in all things that by working hard in this way we must help the weak, remembering the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, ‘There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.’”
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Paul
23
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“My injury be upon you; I gave my slave-girl into your bosom, and she saw that she had conceived, and I was despised in her eyes. Let Jehovah judge between me and you.”
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Sarai
24
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“It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave and the other by the free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, and the son born of the free woman through the promise.”
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Paul
25
"For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil."
James
26
"So, don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Jesus
27
"The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever."
David
28
"Let love be without hypocrisy."
Paul
29
"But the wisdom from above is first of all chaste, then peaceable, reasonable, ready to obey, full of mercy and good fruits, not making partial distinctions, not hypocritical."
James
30
"This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed."
Lamech
31
"Even when you're old, I'll take care of you. Even when your hair turns gray, I'll support you. I made you and will continue to care for you. I'll support you and save you."
God (through Isaiah)
32
"I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread."
David
33
"See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent."
David
34
"For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God."
Paul
35
"But I say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet."
Jesus
36
"Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
Jesus
37
"Christ did not sin or ever tell a lie. Although he was abused, he never tried to get even. And when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he had faith in God, who judges fairl
Peter
38
"For as the days of Noah, thus will be the presence of the son of man. For as in those days, those before the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying, and pledging in marriage, till the Day that Noah entered the ark, and understood not, till the deluge came, and swept them all away; thus will be the presence of the son of man."
Jesus
39
"The one practicing sin is of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. For this the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the devil."
John
40
"Carry on prayer for us, for we trust we have an honest conscience, as we wish to conduct ourselves honestly in all things."
Paul
41
"Wisdom does more good than weapons, but one sinner can undo a lot of good."
Solomon
42
"This boasting of yours is an ugly thing. Do you not know that a little yeast has its effect all through the dough?"
Paul
43
"If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself."
Paul
44
"Look! How good and how pleasant it is
| For brothers to dwell together in unity!"
David
45
"Look! How good and how pleasant it is
| For brothers to dwell together in unity!"
David
46
“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”
Solomon
47
“The wicked one is borrowing and does not pay back,
| But the righteous one is showing favor and is making gifts.”
David
48
“God shows no partiality.”
Paul
49
“It is the same with you if you speak in a strange language. Your words mean nothing to others. And if nobody knows what you have said, you are speaking into empty air.”
Paul
50
“You’re ignorant! Don’t you realize that it’s better for us to have one man die for the people, rather than to have the whole nation destroyed?”
High Priest Caiaphas
51
“I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, ‘You must not speak evil against any ruler of your people.’”
Paul
52
“I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid.”
Adam
53
“No creature is hidden from God’s sight. On the contrary, everything is open and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we have to render our account.”
Author of Hebrews
54
“This child of yours will cause many people in Israel to fall and others to stand. The child will be like a warning sign. Many people will reject him, and you, Mary, will suffer as though you had been stabbed by a dagger. But all this will show what people are really thinking. ”
Simeon
55
“Whoever I kiss, that is the man; seize him. ”
Judas
56
“Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I have suffered terribly because of a dream about him.”
Pontias Pilate's Wife
57
“Tabitha, arise.”
Peter
58
“Two things I ask of you, deny them not to me before I die: Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; [provide me only with the food I need;].”
Agur
59
“These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are hateful to his soul; a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots evil plans, feet hurrying to run to mischief, a false witness who breathes lies, and he who causes strife among brothers.”
Solomon
60
“May your peace grow great. The signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed with me, it has seemed good to me to declare. How grand his signs are, and how mighty his wonders are! His kingdom is a kingdom to time indefinite, and his rulership is for generation after generation.”
King Nebuchadnezzar
61
“Greetings to all of you! I command everyone in my kingdom to worship and honor the God of Daniel. He is the living God, the one who lives forever. His power and his kingdom will never end. He rescues people and sets them free by working great miracles. Daniel’s God has rescued him from the power of the lions.”
King Darius
62
“I want women to show their beauty by dressing in appropriate clothes that are modest and respectable. Their beauty will be shown by what they do, not by their hair styles or the gold jewelry, pearls, or expensive clothes they wear.”
Paul
63
“Do not entreat me to leave you, or to turn back from you. For wherever you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God!”
Ruth
64
“Kings should not drink wine or have a craving for alcohol. When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need. Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery. Let them drink and forget their poverty and unhappiness.”
Lemuel
65
“Don’t associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food. Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty.”
Solomon
66
“No prophet goes unhonored—except in his native town or with his own relations or in his own home!”
Jesus
67
“You haven’t been deceived, too, have you? None of the authorities or Pharisees has believed in him, has he? But this mob that does not know the law—they are accursed!”
The Pharisees
68
“Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men’s faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.”
Isaiah
69
“In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
King Herod Agrippa II
70
“The Law was given by Moses, but Jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth.”
John
71
“Sure, sure, ‘everything is legal,’ but that does not mean that everything is beneficial. Sure, ‘everything is legal’, but that doesn’t make it right. The best guide is to seek, not your own welfare, but the good of your neighbor.”
Paul
72
“Then you must practice dealing with others as you would like for them to deal with you; for this is the summing up of the law and the prophets.”
Jesus
73
“If it were a crime or a serious fraud, I would give you Jews a patient and reasonable hearing. But since this is a dispute about terminology and titles and your own law, you must see to it yourselves. I refuse to judge such matters.”
Gallio
74
“You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him: And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death. And so I will give him punishment and let him go.”
Pilate
75
“Some things rulers do are terribly unfair. ”
Solomon
76
“Don’t believe your neighbor or trust your friend. Be careful what you say even to your husband or wife. In these times sons treat their fathers like fools, daughters oppose their mothers, and young women quarrel with their mothers-in-law; your enemies are the members of your own family.”
Micah
77
“Don’t suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Land. It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword! For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter- in-law against her mother-in-law, so that a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.”
Jesus
78
“To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh.”
Solomon
79
“You are going crazy, Paul! That great learning of yours is driving you crazy!”
Festus
80
“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Eve
81
“What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.”
Paul
82
“When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off. If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven.”
Jesus
83
“Cast your bread upon the surface of the water,
| For after many days you will find it.”
Solomon
84
“The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.”
Solomon
85
“For while every kind of beast and bird, and of reptiles and sea-creatures are tamable, and actually have been tamed by mankind, no man can tame the tongue, restless evil that it is, full of deadly poison. ”
James
86
“I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife. She really is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not of my mother, and I married her. So when God sent me from my father’s house into foreign lands, I said to her, ‘You can show how loyal you are to me by telling everyone that I am your brother.’”
Abraham
87
“With me in charge, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God.”
Joseph
88
“A woman is bound to her husband for the term of his life; but if the husband dies, the wife is free to marry whom she will, always provided the man is a Christian.”
Paul
89
“In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older. Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.”
Laban
90
“If you are truly good, you will do right; if you are wicked, you will be destroyed by your own sin. Honesty can keep you safe, but if you can’t be trusted, you trap yourself.”
Solomon
91
“You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn’ t listen to their consciences.”
Paul
92
“Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”
Paul
93
“For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”
Paul
94
“Put your sword back in its place; for all that draw the sword shall perish by the sword.”
Jesus
95
“Jehovah is near to all who call on Him, to all those who call on Him in truth.”
David
96
“Therefore submit to God; but resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!”
James
97
“So, now I tell you, stay away from these men and let them alone. If this plan or this work is from men, it will fail, but if it is from God, you won’t be able to stop them, and you will find yourselves fighting God!”
Gamaliel
98
“Any weapon whatever that will be formed against you will have no success, and any tongue at all that will rise up against you in the judgment you will condemn. This is the hereditary possession of the servants of Jehovah.”
God (through Isaiah)
99
“It’s better to enjoy what we have than to always want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.”
Solomon
100
“The religion which in the sight of God the Father is pure and stainless consists in helping orphans and widows in their distress, and in keeping oneself from becoming contaminated by the world.”
James
101
“Above all things, though, my brothers, stop swearing, yes, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your Yes mean Yes, and your No, No, so that you do not fall under judgment.”
James
102
“You offspring of vipers, who has intimated to you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore produce fruits that befit repentance.”
John the Baptist
103
“Woe upon you, you experts in the law and you Pharisees, dissemblers that you are! You pay tithes for mint, for dill, and for cummin, but those points in the law which are of much greater weight— justice, mercy, and faith—you have let fall by the wayside.”
Jesus
104
“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more exactly about him. But don’t let them persuade you to do this, since more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they kill him. And now they are ready, waiting for your promise.”
Paul's Nephew
105
“Sin pays its servants: the wage is death. But God gives to those who serve him: his free gift is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Paul
106
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son, that everyone manifesting faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.”
Jesus
107
“Similarly was it not by deeds that the prostitute Rahab put herself right when she gave shelter to our spies and got them away by an unguarded road? It follows then that just as a body has no life without a spirit, so faith without action is dead.”
James
108
"Skin for skin! A man will give away all he has to save his life."
Satan
109
"Beloved friends, let us love one another; because love is from God; and everyone who loves has God as his Father and knows God. Those who do not love, do not know God; because God is love."
John
110
"You should each judge your own conduct. If it is good, then you can be proud of what you yourself have done, without having to compare it with what someone else has done."
Paul
111
"For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding."
Paul
112
"Even until I breathe my last will I not let go mine integrity from me."
Job
113
"Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also can you do good who are accustomed and taught, even trained, to do evil."
Jeremiah
114
"You always have the poor with you, and you can show them a kindness whenever you wish."
Jesus
115
"For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land."
Moses
116
"Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless. Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
Lemuel
117
"May Your Majesty live forever! How can I keep from looking sad when the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
Nehemiah
118
"Why do you look so sad? You're not sick. Something must be bothering you."
King Artaxerxes
119
"I appeal unto Caesar!"
Paul
120
"This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
King Herod Agrippa II
121
"There is a God able to save us, the God whom we serve, able to save us from the burning furnace and from your power, O king. But even if he does not, understand this, O king, we will not serve your gods, and we will not bow down before the golden image which you have erected."
Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego
122
"Some wicked men have gotten into our churches by secret means. They neither believe nor obey God. They will be condemned as they deserve. They deserve it because they twist the mercy of God to mean that they can practice sex vice. They deserve it because they deny that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Master."
Jude
123
"If I enjoy your favour, place your hand under my thigh and promise to be kind and good to me, do not bury me in Egypt. When I sleep with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their tomb."
Jacob (Israel)
124
"Excuse me, Jehovah, but I am not a fluent speaker, neither since yesterday nor since before that nor since your speaking to your servant, for I am slow of mouth and slow of tongue."
Moses
125
"Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift."
Peter
126
"I have not come to call just men but sinners to repentance."
Jesus
127
"Wherefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names: that in the name of Jesus should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under earth, and that all tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, unto the praise of God the Father."
Paul
128
"Therefore, laying aside all falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth to his neighbour, for we are bound to one another as parts of the one body."
Paul
129
"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"
Nathanael
130
"Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into the place where the nails were and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe."
Thomas
131
"He who has two undergarments, let him share one with him who does not have any, and he who has foods, let him be doing the same."
John the Baptist
132
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, 'Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow'—when you now have it with you."
Solomon
133
"O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."
David
134
"Oh, not that, my lords! Behold now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your kindness and mercy to me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains lest the evil overtake me, and I die. See now yonder city; it is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape to it! Is it not a little one? And my life will be saved!"
Lot
135
"Who is Jehovah that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah; and I am not going to let Israel go."
Pharaoh
136
"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will perform for you today. For the Egyptians whom you do see today you will not see again, no, never again. Jehovah will himself fight for you, and you yourselves will be silent."
Moses
137
"Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!"
Jonah
138
"At Judgment Day men of Nineveh will rise up with this generation and will condemn it. For they repented at what Jonah preached. But now one greater than Jonah is here."
Jesus
139
"And if somebody could overpower one alone, two together could make a stand against him. And a threefold cord cannot quickly be torn in two."
Solomon
140
"Go, search strictly for the CHILD; and as soon as you have found him, bring me Word, that I also may go and pay him reverence."
Herod the Great
141
"Don't shout, make any noise, or let one word come out of your mouth until I tell you to shout. Then shout!"
Joshua
142
"By Israel's God Jehovah, in whose service I am, there shall not be dew nor rain these years except at my word."
Elijah
143
"For the word of God [is] living and effective and sharper than every double-edged sword, and [is] penetrating as far as [the] division of both soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and [is] able to discern [the] thoughts and intentions of the heart [fig., inner self]."
Paul
144
"There is one little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but these—what are they to so many?"
Andrew
145
"Advise those who are rich in this world's goods not to think themselves superior. Let them not pin their hope on such transient wealth but rather upon God who is the provider of all riches for our enjoyment."
Paul
146
"And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods whom your fathers served Beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah."
Joshua
147
"Ah, but this people has sinned with a great sin, in that they made a god of gold for themselves! But now if you will pardon their sin,—and if not, wipe me out, please, from your book that you have written."
Moses
148
"God is greater than our heart and knows everything."
John
149
"O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?"
Jesus
150
"So my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable. Devote yourselves fully at all times to the Lord's work, realizing that your toil in the Lord can never be in vain!"
Paul
151
"For God is not unjust, to forget your work and the love you have displayed toward his name in the services you have rendered and are rendering to his people."
Paul
152
"There is only one Lawgiver and Judge—the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?"
James
153
"For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us."
Isaiah
154
"Therefore, the person who thinks he is standing securely should watch out that he does not fall."
Paul
155
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not survive."
Jesus
156
"A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night."
Moses
157
"Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments; then let us arise and go up to Bethel that I may make there an altar to The [One True] God who answered me in the day of my distress and continued to be with me in the way which I went."
Jacob
158
"Consequently, then, each of us shall be giving account concerning himself to God."
Paul
