'Says' in the Bible

For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.

And it will be in the last days, says God,that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,your young men will see visions,and your old men will dream dreams.

For David says of Him:I saw the Lord ever before me;because He is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.

For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:The Lord declared to my Lord,‘Sit at My right hand

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.

But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:

Heaven is My throne,and earth My footstool.What sort of house will you build for Me?says the Lord,or what is My resting place?

And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?

And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.

For such is the Lord's command to us. "'I have placed Thee,' He says of Christ, 'as a light to the Gentiles, in order that Thou mayest be a Saviour as far as the remotest parts of the earth.'"

And this is in harmony with the language of the Prophets, which says:

so the rest of humanitymay seek the Lord—even all the Gentileswho are called by My name,declares the Lord who does these things,

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

Paul said, “I was not aware, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.

And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.