Quotes about Native
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
— Genesis 11:28
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
— Genesis 31:13
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades?
— John Milton
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
— Leviticus 16:29
Spontaneous expansion must be free: it cannot be under our control; and consequently it is utterly vain to say, as I constantly hear men say, that we desire to see spontaneous expansion, and yet must maintain our control. If we want to see spontaneous expansion we must establish native Churches free from our control.
— Roland Allen
Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
— Isaiah 13:14
My native land is a slave of heathenism, men's god is their belly, and they live only for the present. The richer a man, the holier.
— St. Jerome
Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
— Jeremiah 22:10
Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
— Leviticus 24:16
If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
— Numbers 9:14
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
— Psalm 37:35
The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be.
— St. Jerome