Quotes about Meaning
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
— Daniel 5:25
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
— Daniel 5:27
I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:
— Daniel 7:16
Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.
— Daniel 7:19
Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
— Zechariah 1:14
So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
— Zechariah 1:19
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
— Zechariah 4:11
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
— Zechariah 4:12
So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
— Zechariah 6:4
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
— Zechariah 8:18
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
— Matthew 9:13
‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
— Matthew 13:28