'Says' in the Bible

Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

For he says to Moses, "I will be merciful to the person I want to be merciful to, and I will be kind to the person I want to be kind to."

For the Scripture says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

As the Scripture says in Hosea, "Those who are not my people I will call my people, and the one who was not loved I will call my loved one.

But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring the Messiah down),

The Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will never be ashamed."

And Isaiah boldly says, "I was found by those who were not looking for me; I was revealed to those who were not asking for me."

But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."

God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?

And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a punishment for them.

Again he says, "Rejoice, you gentiles, with his people!"

And again, Isaiah says, "There will be a Root from Jesse. He will rise up to rule the gentiles, and the gentiles will hope in him."