Tells

18 times in 18 verses

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Occurrences

18 total
  1. But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  2. When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
  3. “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
  4. Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
  5. But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  6. Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
  7. But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
  8. But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  9. …then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
  10. No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
  11. Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
  12. For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  13. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
  14. The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
  15. His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
  16. For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
  17. But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
  18. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?