Quotes About Survival

This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”

And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one anotherís flesh.”

And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.

The manager said to himself, ëWhat shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

On the third day, they threw the shipís tackle overboard with their own hands.

But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

However, we must run aground on some island.”

Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.