3,306 verses contain “Say” (in the KJV: 2,567, in the BSB: 1,747) — showing 1,201–1,300
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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my
sayings.
My son, pay attention to my words;
incline your ear to my
sayings.
And
say, How have I
hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof;
and you will
say, “How I
hated discipline, and my heart
despised reproof!
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy
kinswoman:
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your
kinsman,
So she caught him, and
kissed him, and with an
impudent face said unto him,
She seizes him and kisses him; she
brazenly says to him:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in
hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
“
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she
says to him who lacks judgment.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in
hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
“
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she
says to him who lacks judgment.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Who can
say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am
cleansed from my sin”?
It is
naught, it is
naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
“Worthless, worthless!”
says the
buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
Say not thou, I will
recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Do not
say, “I will
avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
The
slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
for he is keeping
track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he
says to you, but his heart is not with you.
They have
stricken me, shalt thou
say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I
awake? I will seek it yet again.
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I
wake up to search for another drink?”
If thou
sayest, Behold, we knew it not;
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul,
doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
These also are
sayings of the wise: To show
partiality in judgment is not good.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up
hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
The
slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in
sport?
so is the man who deceives his
neighbor and
says, “I was only
joking!”
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no
transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and
say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and
steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You,
saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and
steal,
profaning the name of my God.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied,
yea, four things
say not, It is enough:
The
leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never
say, ‘Enough!’:
The grave; and the barren
womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
Sheol, the barren
womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never
says, ‘Enough!’
Such is the way of an
adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
This is the way of an
adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and
says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
What, my son? and what, the son of my
womb? and what, the son of my vows?
What shall I
say, O my son? What, O son of my
womb? What, O son of my vows?
Is there any thing
whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
I communed with mine own heart,
saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have
gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem:
yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither
say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be
angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the
messenger that your
vow was a mistake. Why should God be
angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
If a man
beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I
say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I
say that a
stillborn child is better off than he.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou
dost not
enquire wisely concerning this.
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
All this I tested by wisdom,
saying, “I
resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
There is a
futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I
say that this too is
futile.
Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw
nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;
Remember your
Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of
adversity come and the years approach of which you will
say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
Vanity of
vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my
undefiled: for my head is filled with
dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Come now, let us reason together,”
says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as
crimson, they will become like wool.
And many people shall go and
say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of
Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
And many peoples will come and
say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from
Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a
cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this
heap of
rubble.”
In that day shall he
swear,
saying, I will not be an
healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
On that day he will cry
aloud: “I am not a
healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of
Zion are
haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and
wanton eyes, walking and
mincing as they go, and making a
tinkling with their feet:
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man,
saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own
apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
That
say, Let him make speed, and
hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw
nigh and come, that we may know it!
to those who
say, “Let Him
hurry and
hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
And it was told the house of David,
saying, Syria is
confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
When it was reported to the house of David that
Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of
Ahaz and his people
trembled like trees in the forest
shaken by the wind.
And
say unto him, Take
heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
and
say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or
disheartened over these two
smoldering stubs of
firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and
Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
For
Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has
plotted your ruin,
saying:
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
Moreover the LORD spake again unto
Ahaz,
saying,
Again the LORD spoke to
Ahaz,
saying,
The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
And the LORD spoke to me further:
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and
instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people,
saying,
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand,
instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
Say ye not, A
confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall
say, A
confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
And when they shall
say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that
peep, and that
mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
When men tell you to
consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who
whisper and
mutter, shouldn’t a people
consult their God instead? Why
consult the dead on behalf of the living?
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that
say in the pride and
stoutness of heart,
All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and
arrogance of heart they will
say:
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount
Zion and on Jerusalem, I will
punish the fruit of the
stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount
Zion and Jerusalem, He will
say, “I will
punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his
arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am
prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have
robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a
valiant man:
For he
says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am
clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and
plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in
Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall
smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts
says: “O My people who dwell in
Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
And in that day thou shalt
say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou
wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
In that day you will
say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were
angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
And in that day shall ye
say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is
exalted.
and on that day you will
say: “Give praise to the LORD;
proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is
exalted.
That thou shalt take up this
proverb against the king of Babylon, and
say, How hath the
oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the
oppressor has ceased, and how his
fury has ended!
Yea, the
fir trees
rejoice at thee, and the cedars of
Lebanon,
saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
They will all
respond to you,
saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee,
saying, Is this the man that made the earth to
tremble, that did
shake kingdoms;
Those who see you will
stare; they will
ponder your fate: “Is this the man who
shook the earth and made the kingdoms
tremble,
The LORD of hosts hath
sworn,
saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
The LORD of Hosts has
sworn: “Surely, as I have
planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
But now the LORD hath spoken,
saying, Within three years, as the years of an
hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be
contemned, with all that great multitude; and the
remnant shall be very small and feeble.
And now the LORD
says, “In three years, as a
hired worker counts the years, Moab’s
splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters,
saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and
peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and
trodden down, whose land the rivers have
spoiled!
which sends couriers by sea, in
papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-
skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become
brutish: how
say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
Whom the LORD of hosts shall
bless,
saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
The LORD of Hosts will
bless them,
saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My
handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the
sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy
shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot.
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz,
saying, “Go, remove the
sackcloth from your
waist and the
sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and
barefoot.
And the inhabitant of this isle shall
say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation,
whither we
flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will
say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and
deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a
watchman, let him declare what he
seeth.
For this is what the Lord
says to me: “Go, post a
lookout and have him report what he sees.
And, behold, here cometh a
chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the
graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Look, here come the riders,
horsemen in pairs.” And one answered,
saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie
shattered on the ground!”
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an
hireling, and all the glory of
Kedar shall fail:
For this is what the Lord
says to me: “Within one year, as a
hired worker would count it, all the glory of
Kedar will be gone.
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be
purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be
atoned for,”
says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this
treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and
say,
This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts
says: “Go,
say to Shebna, the
steward in charge of the palace:
Be thou
ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea,
saying, I
travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I
nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Be
ashamed, O
Sidon, the
stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make
haste.
So this is what the Lord GOD
says: “See, I lay a stone in
Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be
shaken.
Give ye ear, and hear my voice;
hearken, and hear my speech.
Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I
say.
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a
scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will
say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Or if the
scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will
say, “I cannot read.”
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they
say, Who
seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Woe to those who
dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and
say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Surely your turning of things
upside down shall be esteemed as the
potter’s clay: for shall the work
say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed
say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
You have turned things
upside down, as if the
potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed
say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery
say of the
potter, “He has no understanding”?
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be
ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham
says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be
ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
Which
say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets,
Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things,
prophesy deceits:
They
say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not
prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words;
prophesy illusions.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye
despise this word, and trust in oppression and
perverseness, and stay
thereon:
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel
says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on
deceit,
But ye said, No; for we will
flee upon horses; therefore shall ye
flee: and, We will
ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
“No,” you
say, “we will
flee on horses.” Therefore you will
flee! “We will
ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Ye shall
defile also the covering of thy
graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy
molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a
menstruous cloth; thou shalt
say unto it, Get thee hence.
So you will
desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like
menstrual cloths,
saying to them, “Be gone!”
Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be
exalted; now will I lift up myself.
“Now I will arise,”
says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be
exalted.
And the inhabitant shall not
say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be
forgiven their iniquity.
And no resident of
Zion will
say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be
forgiven of iniquity.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with
vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with
vengeance. With divine
retribution He will come to save you.”
And
Rabshakeh said unto them,
Say ye now to
Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
The
Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell
Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria,
says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
