14 occurrences in 11 translations

'Says' in the Bible

Go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then you can tell us everything the Lord our God tells you; we will listen and obey.’

Verse ConceptsMediatorTheocracySpeaking The Word God GivesListening To God

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaningThe Future

and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, ‘Let us follow other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us worship them,’

Verse ConceptsUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsMan's Words FulfilledFake Friends

"If your brother, the son of your mother or your son or your daughter {or your wife whom you embrace} or {your intimate friend} in secrecy {says}, 'Let us go and let us serve other gods!' [gods] that you and your ancestors have not known,

Verse ConceptsSecrecyEnticersUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsShow No MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenSiblingsMothers And SonsDeath Of A Motheratheism

But if your slave says to you, ‘I don’t want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you,

Verse ConceptsPeople Freeing SlavesFamily LoveLove And Family

in accordance with what the Law says, and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideTurning To Right And LeftKeeping Man's Word

But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

Verse ConceptsPresumptionIdolatry Consists OfFalse Prophets DenouncedDifferent GodsPenalties For Serving Other GodsDeath Penalty For HeresyFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphecy, Inspiration Of OtUnfulfilled WordDo Not Fear MenThe scripturesProphecyProphecies concerningDivinity

and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’

But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToTownComing To GatesPeople UnwillingBrothers in lawMarriage Between Man And Woman

The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’

Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

Verse ConceptsSelf IndulgenceSelf DelusionFalse ConfidencePathways Of SinMoist ThingsObstinate IndividualsPersistence

"Is this not stored up with me?" says the Lord, "Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

Verse ConceptsSealsStoringGod's Storehousessecrets

Bible Theasaurus

Allege (4 instances)
Articulate (2 instances)
Enjoin (13 instances)
Pronounce (72 instances)
Suppose (86 instances)

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