'Answer' in the Bible

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

And Job made answer and said,

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.

Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

Then Job made answer and said,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

And Job made answer and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

Then Job made answer and said,

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he was very angry.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

I was taking note; and truly not one of you was able to make clear Job's error, or to give an answer to his words.

I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

And Elihu made answer and said,

And Elihu made answer and said,

I will make answer to you and to your friends:

There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.

Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing.

I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation.

I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.

So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.

In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,

Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.

They all make answer and say to you, Have you become feeble like us? have you been made even as we are?

What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.

O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

They put him on their backs, and take him up, and put him in his fixed place, from which he may not be moved; if a man gives a cry for help to him, he is unable to give an answer, or get him out of his trouble.

Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.

Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.