44 occurrences in 13 translations

'Words' in the Bible

And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManGet Up!God Speaking

And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.

Verse ConceptsThe Holy Spirit Described As A VoiceThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureGod Lifting PeopleGod Speakingfitness

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineWord Of GodApathyHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleCharacter Of WickedSpeaking As From GodDisunity

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

Verse ConceptsPaying Attention To PeopleSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims Inspirationrebellion

When He unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it.

Verse ConceptsBooks In ProphecyFront And Back

And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManBooks, Metaphorical UseSpeaking As From God

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

Verse ConceptsMediationSpeaking The Word God Gives

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessNot Understanding Language

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!Listening To God

And you will be a name of shame and a cause of bitter words, an example and a wonder to the nations round about you, when I give effect to my judging among you in wrath and in passion and in burning protests: I the Lord have said it:

Verse ConceptsMade A HorrorThe Nations Before GodFun

You mountains of Israel, give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and the hills, to the waterways and the valleys: See, I, even I, am sending on you a sword for the destruction of your high places.

Verse ConceptsWar As God's Judgment

And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleExposure Of SinThe Spirit Of The LordMan's ThoughtsThoughts Of The WickedGod Knowing the Human Heart

And I spoke to the exiles all of the words of Yahweh that he had shown me.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of God

Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.

Verse ConceptsProphetic VisionsRevelation Of The Future

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsGod Not Delaying

Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

Verse ConceptsSuperstitionFalse Prophets DenouncedProphesy!imagination

"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord.

Verse ConceptsGod Opposing

Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFalse VisionsNo Peace

And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.

Verse ConceptsGrainListeningTemptressesKept Alive By MenProphesying LiesRemaining FoodMisusing God's NameKilling Israelitesmagic

Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinNot Turning AsideKeeping Oneself AlivePeople Encouraging Others

For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself in agreement with the number of his false gods;

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartGod Will AnswerIdol WorshipGod Opposes IdolatryIn FrontHindering God's Work

For this cause say to the children of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: Come back and give up your false gods and let your faces be turned from your disgusting things.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofImpenitence, Results OfRenunciationRepentance, Nature OfAttitudes Of RepentanceAvoiding IdolatryRepenting Of Abominations

Tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "The day I chose Israel, when I made my commitment to the descendants of Jacob's house, I revealed myself to them in the land of Egypt and I made my promise to them with the words, "I am the LORD your God.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodKnowing God, Nature OfPeople Of God, In OtRevelation, In OtI Will Be Their GodKnowing That There Is A God

Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop words against the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

Verse ConceptsFacing South

And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said: See, I will have a fire lighted in you, for the destruction of every green tree in you and every dry tree: the flaming flame will not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthNorth And SouthHarming Trees

Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop words against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

Verse ConceptsProphesy!

And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThings StrippedGod OpposingGod Will Kill His PeopleGod's Sword

Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:

Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPeople As SignsDumbnessDumb

And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsEntering CitiesSea DwellersPeople Made Perfect

These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will get glory for myself in you: and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send my punishments on her, and I will be seen to be holy in her.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And Evil

Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.

Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things

In that day I will make a horn put out buds for the children of Israel, and I will let your words come freely among them, and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHornsThe Dumb Speaking

Son of man, be a prophet, and say, These are the words of the Lord: Give a cry, Aha, for the day!

Verse ConceptsWoe For Disaster

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

Verse ConceptsListeningSongsSpiritual DeafnessProfessingShallownesspracticeimprovement

And you will know that I, Yahweh, I have heard all of your contemptible words that you said against the mountains of Israel, {saying}, 'They will be desolate; they are given to us as food.'

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodIrreverenceAnimals Eating PeopleGod Hearing

Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

Verse ConceptsFaultsToo Many WordsProud People

So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

Verse ConceptsProphesyingSoundJoining Flesh And BonesValley Of Dry Bones

"Now as for you, Son of Man, grab a stick of wood for yourself and write on it these words: "FOR JUDAH AND THE ISRAELIS, HIS COMPANIONS' "Then grab another stick and write on it: "FOR JOSEPH, THE STICK OF EPHRAIM, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, HIS COMPANIONS'

Verse ConceptsCymbalsNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:

Verse ConceptsGathering Israelreunitingrejuvenation

For this cause, son of man, be a prophet and say to Gog, These are the words of the Lord: In that day, when my people Israel are living without fear of danger, will you not be moved against them?

And you, son of man, be a prophet against Gog, and say, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Gog, ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:

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