4,508 verses contain “said” (in the KJV: 4,000, in the BSB: 2,491) — showing 4,401–4,500
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Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods?
Moreover they cannot withstand any king or enemies: how can it then be thought or said that they be gods?
Wherefore it is neither to be supposed nor said that they are gods, seeing, they are able neither to judge causes, nor to do good unto men.
Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
And the one said to the other, Let us now go home: for it is dinner time.
Then she said to her maids, Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash me.
Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.
And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim’s wife. And so they sent.
And the elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away.
Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things before they be:
Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast spoken?
So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
Then said Daniel unto them, Put these two aside one far from another, and I will examine them.
And Daniel said, Very well; thou hast lied against thine own head; for even now the angel of God hath received the sentence of God to cut thee in two.
Then said Daniel unto him, Well; thou hast also lied against thine own head: for the angel of God waiteth with the sword to cut thee in two, that he may destroy you.
Who answered and said, Because I may not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, who hath created the heaven and the earth, and hath sovereignty over all flesh.
Then said the king unto him, Thinkest thou not that Bel is a living God? seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
So the king was wroth, and called for his priests, and said unto them, If ye tell me not who this is that devoureth these expences, ye shall die.
And the king said, Daniel, are the seals whole? And he said, Yea, O king, they be whole.
And the king said, I see the footsteps of men, women, and children. And then the king was angry,
And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
Then said Daniel unto the king, I will worship the Lord my God: for he is the living God.
So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thine house.
But the angel of the Lord said unto Habbacuc, Go, carry the dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel, who is in the lions’ den.
And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.
And Daniel said, Thou hast remembered me, O God: neither hast thou forsaken them that seek thee and love thee.
And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?
Then answered the king’s officers, and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honourable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren:
And they said unto them, Let that which ye have done hitherto suffice; come forth, and do according to the commandment of the king, and ye shall live.
But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king’s commandment, to profane the sabbath day.
But said, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth will testify for us, that ye put us to death wrongfully.
And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons, Now hath pride and rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
They said one to another, Let us restore the decayed fortune of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.
And Judas said, arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:
Then said Judas and his brethren, Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up to cleanse and dedicate the sanctuary.
He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.
Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.
Wherefore he called for all his friends, and said unto them, The sleep is gone from mine eyes, and my heart faileth for very care.
Wherefore, when he knew it, he said, Let me not see their faces.
For said they, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do us no wrong.
Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, who said, There is neither truth nor righteousness in them; for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made.
They went therefore to Rome, which was a very great journey, and came into the senate, where they spake and said.
Nevertheless unto them that remained he said, Let us arise and go up against our enemies, if peradventure we may be able to fight with them.
Then Jonathan said to his company, Let us go up now and fight for our lives, for it standeth not with us to day, as in time past:
For said he, Let us first make peace with him, before he join with Alexander against us:
He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate.
And he made him sit by himself, and said into his princes, Go with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
So they went unto Rome, and entered into the senate, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the people of the Jews, sent us unto you, to the end ye should renew the friendship, which ye had with them, and league, as in former time.
Then all the heathen that were round about then sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from among men.
Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Jonathan dead.
And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
Thus it liked all the people to deal with Simon, and to do as hath been said.
Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken other men’s land, nor holden that which appertaineth to others, but the inheritance of our fathers, which our enemies had wrongfully in possession a certain time.
Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.
But Heliodorus, because of the king’s commandment given him, said, That in any wise it must be brought into the king’s treasury.
Thus him, that lately came with a great train and with all his guard into the said treasury, they carried out, being unable to help himself with his weapons: and manifestly they acknowledged the power of God.
And when the king Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said,
And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment:
But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.
But he answered in his own language, and said, No. Wherefore he also received the next torment in order, as the former did.
And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again.
So when he was ready to die he said thus, It is good, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God to be raised up again by him: as for thee, thou shalt have no resurrection to life.
Yea, she exhorted every one of them in her own language, filled with courageous spirits; and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach, she said unto them,