Quotes About Response

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

Then Hilkiahís son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaphís son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ëHere I am.í If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ëListen for the sound of the ramís horn.í But they answered, ëWe will not listen!í

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ëEvery wineskin shall be filled with wine.í And when they reply, ëDonít we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?í

I warned you when you were secure. You said, ëI will not listen.í This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.