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Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. — God · 1405 BCThou shalt not steal. — God · 1405 BCThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. — God · 1405 BCIn the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. — God · 1405 BCYour lamb shall be without blemish. — God · 1405 BCThou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. — God · 1405 BCAll 42 quotes →David5 quotes
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. — David · 430 BCThe Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. — David · 430 BCFor we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. — David · 430 BCO my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son! — David · 722 BCThe Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. — David · 722 BCIsaiah4 quotes
We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. — Isaiah · 681 BCAll we like sheep have gone astray. — Isaiah · 681 BCSet thine house in order. — Isaiah · 538 BCHere am I; send me. — Isaiah · 681 BCMoses3 quotes
I have been a stranger in a strange land. — Moses · 1405 BCBut I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. — Moses · 1405 BCHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. — Moses · 1405 BCElijah2 quotes
How long will you waver between two opinions? — Elijah · 538 BCThere is a sound of abundance of rain. — Elijah · 538 BCJeremiah2 quotes
Is there no balm in Gilead? — Jeremiah · 570 BCThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? — Jeremiah · 570 BCCain1 quote
Am I my brother's keeper? — Cain · 1405 BCJahaziel1 quote
The battle is not yours, but God's. — Jahaziel · 430 BCJoshua1 quote
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. — Joshua · 1385 BCNehemiah1 quote
The joy of the Lord is your strength. — Nehemiah · 400 BCSaul1 quote
Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. — Saul · 722 BC