19 Bible Verses about Saying Repeatedly

“And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love,
But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.

There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’

For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful [under Mosaic Law] for you to have your brother’s wife.”

So they were saying, “What does He mean when He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.

“For these twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not listened.

“The command which Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine has been observed [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they do not drink wine, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have repeatedly spoken to you, yet you have not listened to Me.

They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them repeatedly, yet they would not listen and receive instruction.

So, leaving them again, He went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words once more.

He went away again and prayed, saying the same words.

Then the man came to the second son and said the same thing; and he replied, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go.

The disciples were amazed and bewildered by His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is [for those who place their hope and confidence in riches] to enter the kingdom of God!

Finally, my fellow believers, continue to rejoice and delight in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I ran to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and great in lovingkindness, and [when sinners turn to You] You revoke the [sentence of] disaster [against them].

Now when they heard [the term] resurrection from the dead, some mocked and sneered; but others said, “We will hear from you again about this matter.”

Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

“He will make many stumble and fall;
Yes, they have fallen one on another.
Then they said, ‘Arise, and let us go back
To our own people and to the land of our birth,
Away from the sword of the oppressor.’

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,