Quotes about Mention

But Simeon is the most abject tribe of all, for he is cursed by his father Jacob and is passed over in silence by Moses. Jerome, as I have stated, is of the opinion that no mention is made of Simeon because Judas Iscariot was to be born from that tribe.

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

What practically defines the evangelical church today is an emphasis on two issues that Jesus did not even mention.

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.

The jubilation of God's salvation corresponds to man's very real condition of lostness ... In Scripture, there is never any mention of a relativizing of sin since any such relativizing of sin would also automatically relativize the unspeakably wonderful nature of salvation.

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones.

But ignorance is widespread because most preachers never mention it.

The frequent mention of the glory of God ought not to be regarded as superfluous, for what is infinite cannot be too strongly expressed.

One of the rules for understanding the Bible is called "the law of first mention." This means that if you want to know what God says about something, study the first time He brings it up.

No, it's this poisonous atmosphere. I suppose it is pretty thick, now that you mention it.