'Answered' in the Bible

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

So the king asked, "What honor and distinction was bestowed on Mordecai for this?" The young men who served the king answered, "Nothing was done for him."

The king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.”“Have him enter,” the king ordered.

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

Esther answered, “The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman.”Haman stood terrified before the king and queen.

Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews who are in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s law, and may the bodies of Haman’s 10 sons be hung on the gallows.”

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

And Job answered and said,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

But Job answered and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

And Job answered and said,

"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

But Job answered and said,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.

Then Job answered and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

But Job answered and said,

Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

“I have spoken once, but I will not reply again—Indeed, twice [I have answered], and I will add nothing further.”

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

I was crying to the Lord with my voice,And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Now I know that the LORD has delivered his anointed; he has answered him from his sanctuary with the strength of his right hand of deliverance.

Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.

I sought the Lord, and He answered meand delivered me from all my fears.

Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

Lord our God, You answered them.You were a forgiving God to them,an avenger of their sinful actions.

God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

I will give thanks to Youbecause You have answered meand have become my salvation.

I have talked about my ways, and you have answered me; Teach me your statutes.

A song of ascents.In my distress I called to the Lord,and He answered me.

On the day I called, You answered me;You increased strength within me.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poorwill himself also call out and not be answered.

My beloved hath answered and said to me, 'Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

(The Chorus)“Behold, it is the couch (palanquin) of Solomon;Sixty mighty men around it,Of the mighty men of Israel.

I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

(The Chorus)“Return, return, O Shulammite;Return, return, that we may gaze at you.”

(The Shulammite Bride)“Hurry, my beloved and come quickly,Like a gazelle or a young stag [taking me home]On the mountains of spices.”

I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!"

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it.

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.

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

And Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?" And Hezekiah {answered}, "They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon."

Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

A voice says, “Call out.”Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

Thus said Jehovah: 'In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.

[The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing childAnd have no compassion on the son of her womb?Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.

So I will choose their punishment,and I will bring on them what they dreadbecause I called and no one answered;I spoke and they didn’t hear;they did what was evil in My sightand chose what I didn’t delight in.

I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."

Later the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see a branch of an almond tree."

The Lord again asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north."

The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."

I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The Lord answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

The Lord answered, "If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

But Jeremiah answered, “This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten."

The Lord answered Jeremiah.

But they answered, "We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, 'You and your children must never drink wine.