Quotes about God
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
— Obadiah 1:1
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
— Jonah 1:5
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
— Jonah 1:6
“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
— Jonah 1:9
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
— Jonah 2:6
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
— Jonah 3:5
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
— Jonah 3:8
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
— Jonah 3:9
So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
— Jonah 4:6
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
— Jonah 4:7
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
— Jonah 4:9
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
— Micah 3:7