Dictionary of Bible Themes The organ of speech; someone's voice expresses a person's character, thoughts and emotions, and attracts attention by its tone and volume. Acts 12:14The human voice See also The sound of familiar voices Genesis 27:22Judges 18:3 1 Samuel 24:16; 26:17 Songs 2:14; 8:13 Exodus 24:3 See also Groups of people speaking in unison 1 Samuel 10:242 Chronicles 5:13; 23:11 Ezra 10:12 Acts 12:22; 19:34; 22:22 1 Samuel 17:8 Voices communicate in various ways See also Voices expressing defiance 2 Kings 19:221 Samuel 17:20 pp Isa 37:23 2 Chronicles 13:15Voices that give a battle cry Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 4:16,19 2 Samuel 19:35 Jeremiah 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11 Festive voices Judges 21:2See also Voices expressing distress Genesis 27:34Numbers 14:1 2 Samuel 22:7 1 Kings 22:36 Jeremiah 4:31 pp Ps 18:6 Ezekiel 27:30Daniel 6:20 Matthew 2:18 Jeremiah 31:15 Job 37:5 Voices of varying volume See also God's loud voice Deuteronomy 5:22Isaiah 33:3 Ezekiel 43:2 John 12:28-29 1 Samuel 28:12 2 Chronicles 20:19 Loud human voices Ezra 10:12Isaiah 40:9 Luke 4:33 Acts 7:57 1 Kings 19:12-13 See also God's quiet voice Job 26:14Job 4:16 Ecclesiastes 9:17 Quiet human voices Isaiah 42:2Luke 17:15 Voices addressed to God See also In praise Judges 5:111 Kings 8:55 Ezra 3:11 Psalms 47:1; 100:1-4 Isaiah 24:14 Luke 19:37 Psalms 27:7 See also In prayer Deuteronomy 33:7Psalms 64:1 Psalms 5:3 See also Assurance that God hears his people's voice Exodus 22:23Deuteronomy 24:15 Psalms 55:17 Isaiah 19:20 Nehemiah 9:9 See also God's response to his people's voice Genesis 21:17Exodus 2:23-25; 3:9 Numbers 20:16 Ezekiel 8:18 See also God sometimes refuses to hear his people's voice Isaiah 1:15; 59:1-2Jeremiah 14:12 Amos 5:23 Judges 10:14 The futility of lifting up one's voice to an idol 1 Kings 18:26,28Jeremiah 11:12 Romans 10:18 Voices that proclaim God's word See also Isaiah 58:1The original sense of the voice of the heavens is reapplied to all who proclaim the gospel. Micah 3:8Acts 2:14 Genesis 3:9 The voice of God See also God's voice addresses individuals Exodus 3:41 Samuel 3:4 Isaiah 6:8 Jeremiah 1:4 Ezekiel 1:28 Psalms 29:3-9 See also God's voice is awe-inspiring Deuteronomy 5:26; 18:16Job 37:2 Psalms 46:6; 68:33 Isaiah 30:30-31; 42:13 Ezekiel 1:24 Hebrews 12:19,26 Exodus 15:26 Deuteronomy 30:20 God's voice demands obedience 1 Samuel 15:22Isaiah 30:21 Hebrews 3:7-8 Matthew 3:17 God's voice affirms his Son pp Mk 1:11 Matthew 17:5pp Lk 3:22 at Jesus Christ's baptism pp Mk 9:7 John 12:28pp Lk 9:35-36 2 Peter 1:17-18at the transfiguration John 10:1-5,14-16,27The voice of Jesus Christ His voice is recognisable John 7:37See also His voice calls people to him Acts 9:4-7Revelation 3:20 pp Ac 22:7-9 pp Ac 26:14-16 John 5:25,28; 11:43His voice raises the dead Matthew 27:46His voice cries out Matthew 27:50pp Mk 15:34 pp Lk 23:46 Job 38:7Other voices Daniel 10:6The voices of angels Matthew 1:20-21; 2:13Revelation 5:2,11-12; 14:7-9; 18:2 Proverbs 1:20; 8:1-4 The voice of wisdom Psalms 19:1-4See also The voices of the natural world Job 38:41Psalms 93:3 Romans 10:18 See also 5159 hearing5164 lips 5168 muteness 5168 muteness 5193 tongue 5198 weeping 5529 sieges 5546 speech 5628 work 7754 preaching 7960 singing 8602 prayer |
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