Quotes About Identity

He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My motherís sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its masterís manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

their pendants, bracelets, and veils;

their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

their signet rings and nose rings;

their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses;

and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.

In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.