5196 voice
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The organ of speech; someone's voice expresses a person's character, thoughts and emotions, and attracts attention by its tone and volume.

The human voice

The sound of familiar voices

Acts 12:14 See also Genesis 27:22; Judges 18:3; 1 Samuel 24:16; Samuel 26:17; Songs 2:14; Songs 8:13

Groups of people speaking in unison

Exodus 24:3 See also 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 2 C 11; Ezra 10:12; Acts 12:22; Acts 19:34; Acts 22:22

Voices communicate in various ways

Voices expressing defiance

1 Samuel 17:8 See also 2 Kings 19:22 pp Isaiah 37:23

Voices that give a battle cry

1 Samuel 17:20; 2 Chronicles 13:15; Isaiah 8:9; Jeremiah 4:16,19

Festive voices

2 Samuel 19:35; Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11

Voices expressing distress

Judges 21:2 See also Genesis 27:34; Numbers 14:1; 2 Samuel 22:7 pp Psalm 18:6; 1 Kings 22:36; Jeremiah 4:31; Ezekiel 27:30; Daniel 6:20; Matthew 2:18; Jeremiah 31:15

Voices of varying volume

God's loud voice

Job 37:5 See also Deuteronomy 5:22; Isaiah 33:3; Ezekiel 43:2; John 12:28-29

Loud human voices

1 Samuel 28:12; 2 Chronicles 20:19; Ezra 10:12; Isaiah 40:9; Luke 4:33; Acts 7:57

God's quiet voice

1 Kings 19:12-13 See also Job 26:14

Quiet human voices

Job 4:16; Ecclesiastes 9:17; Isaiah 42:2

Voices addressed to God

In praise

Luke 17:15 See also Judges 5:11; 1 Kings 8:55; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 47:1; Psalm 100:1-4; Isaiah 24:14; Luke 19:37

In prayer

Psalm 27:7 See also Deuteronomy 33:7; Psalm 64:1

Assurance that God hears his people's voice

Psalm 5:3 See also Exodus 22:23; Deuteronomy 24:15; Psalm 55:17; Isaiah 19:20

God's response to his people's voice

Nehemiah 9:9 See also Genesis 21:17; Exodus 2:23-25; Exodus 3:9; Numbers 20:16

God sometimes refuses to hear his people's voice

Ezekiel 8:18 See also Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:1-2; Jeremiah 14:12; Amos 5:23

The futility of lifting up one's voice to an idol

Judges 10:14; 1 Kings 18:26,28; Jeremiah 11:12

Voices that proclaim God's word

Romans 10:18 The original sense of the voice of the heavens is reapplied to all who proclaim the gospel. See also Isaiah 58:1; Micah 3:8; Acts 2:14

The voice of God

God's voice addresses individuals

Genesis 3:9 See also Exodus 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:4; Isaiah 6:8; Jeremiah 1:4; Ezekiel 1:28

God's voice is awe-inspiring

Psalm 29:3-9 See also Deuteronomy 5:26; Deuteronomy 18:16; Job 37:2; Psalm 46:6; Psalm 68:33; Isaiah 30:30-31; Isaiah 42:13; Ezekiel 1:24; Hebrews 12:19,26

God's voice demands obedience

Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 30:20; 1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 30:21; Hebrews 3:7-8

God's voice affirms his Son

Matthew 3:17 pp Mark 1:11 pp Luke 3:22 at Jesus Christ's baptism; Matthew 17:5 pp Mark 9:7 pp Luke 9:35-36 at the transfiguration; John 12:28; 2 Peter 1:17-18

The voice of Jesus Christ

His voice is recognisable

John 10:1-5,14-16,27

His voice calls people to him

John 7:37 See also Acts 9:4-7 pp Acts 22:7-9 pp Acts 26:14-16; Revelation 3:20

His voice raises the dead

John 5:25,28; John 11:43

His voice cries out

Matthew 27:46 pp Mark 15:34; Matthew 27:50 pp Luke 23:46

Other voices

The voices of angels

Job 38:7; Daniel 10:6; Matthew 1:20-21; Matthew 2:13; Revelation 5:2,11-12; Revelation 14:7-9; Revelation 18:2

The voice of wisdom

Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 8:1-4

The voices of the natural world

Psalm 19:1-4 See also Job 38:41; Psalm 93:3; Romans 10:18

See also

5159  hearing
5164  lips
5167  mouth
5168  muteness
5193  tongue
5198  weeping
5528  shouting
5546  speech
5627  word
7754  preaching
7960  singing
8602  prayer



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