Almost 50x God says "Myself" in the Old Testament:
1. NAU Gen. 9:9 "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;
2. NAU Gen. 22:16 and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
3. NAU Exod. 6:3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
4. NAU Exod. 19:4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself.
5. NAU Exod. 33:19 And He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion."
6. NAU Lev. 20:5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.
7. NAU Lev. 20:24 'Hence I have said to you, "You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
8. NAU Num. 3:13 "For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD."
9. NAU Num. 8:16 for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
10. NAU Num. 8:17 "For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
11. NAU Num. 12:6 He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream.
12. NAU Num. 17:5 "It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you."
13. NAU Num. 18:6 "Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.
14. NAU Num. 18:8 Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment.
15. NAU Deut. 18:19 'It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
16. NAU 1 Sam. 2:27 Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house?
17. NAU 1 Sam. 2:35 'But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
18. NAU 1 Sam. 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons."
19. NAU 1 Ki. 11:36 'But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
20. NAU 2 Chr. 7:12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
21. NAU Isa. 1:24 Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, "Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes.
22. NAU Isa. 8:2 "And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
23. NAU Isa. 41:17 "The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the LORD, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
24. NAU Isa. 42:14 "I have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. Now like a woman in labor I will groan, I will both gasp and pant.
25. NAU Isa. 43:21 "The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.
26. NAU Isa. 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,
27. NAU Isa. 45:23 "I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
28. NAU Isa. 54:16 "Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
29. NAU Isa. 65:1 "I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which did not call on My name.
30. NAU Jer. 5:9 "Shall I not punish these people," declares the LORD, "And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
31. NAU Jer. 5:29 'Shall I not punish these people?' declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?'
32. NAU Jer. 9:9 "Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
33. NAU Jer. 13:26 "So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face, That your shame may be seen.
34. NAU Jer. 21:5 "I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation.
35. NAU Jer. 22:5 "But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares the LORD, "that this house will become a desolation."'"
36. NAU Jer. 23:3 "Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
37. NAU Jer. 49:13 "For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."
38. NAU Ezek. 6:3 and say, 'Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the ravines and the valleys: "Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.
39. NAU Ezek. 20:5 and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,
40. NAU Ezek. 20:9 "But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
41. NAU Ezek. 20:41 "As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.
42. NAU Ezek. 29:3 "Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, That has said, 'My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.'
43. NAU Ezek. 34:11 For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
44. NAU Ezek. 35:11 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
45. NAU Ezek. 36:23 "I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
46. NAU Ezek. 38:23 "I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."'
47. NAU Ezek. 39:13 "Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself," declares the Lord GOD.
48. NAU Hos. 2:23 "I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'You are my God!'"
Around 100x God says "I am he"
New Testament – Greek: psyche
God is called a “person” in the LXX, aka. Septuagint:
1. NAU Gen. 9:9 "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;
2. NAU Gen. 22:16 and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
3. NAU Exod. 6:3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
4. NAU Exod. 19:4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself.
5. NAU Exod. 33:19 And He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion."
6. NAU Lev. 20:5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.
7. NAU Lev. 20:24 'Hence I have said to you, "You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
8. NAU Num. 3:13 "For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD."
9. NAU Num. 8:16 for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
10. NAU Num. 8:17 "For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
11. NAU Num. 12:6 He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream.
12. NAU Num. 17:5 "It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you."
13. NAU Num. 18:6 "Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.
14. NAU Num. 18:8 Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment.
15. NAU Deut. 18:19 'It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
16. NAU 1 Sam. 2:27 Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house?
17. NAU 1 Sam. 2:35 'But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
18. NAU 1 Sam. 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons."
19. NAU 1 Ki. 11:36 'But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
20. NAU 2 Chr. 7:12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
21. NAU Isa. 1:24 Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, "Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes.
22. NAU Isa. 8:2 "And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
23. NAU Isa. 41:17 "The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the LORD, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
24. NAU Isa. 42:14 "I have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. Now like a woman in labor I will groan, I will both gasp and pant.
25. NAU Isa. 43:21 "The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.
26. NAU Isa. 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,
27. NAU Isa. 45:23 "I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
28. NAU Isa. 54:16 "Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
29. NAU Isa. 65:1 "I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which did not call on My name.
30. NAU Jer. 5:9 "Shall I not punish these people," declares the LORD, "And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
31. NAU Jer. 5:29 'Shall I not punish these people?' declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?'
32. NAU Jer. 9:9 "Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
33. NAU Jer. 13:26 "So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face, That your shame may be seen.
34. NAU Jer. 21:5 "I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation.
35. NAU Jer. 22:5 "But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares the LORD, "that this house will become a desolation."'"
36. NAU Jer. 23:3 "Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
37. NAU Jer. 49:13 "For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."
38. NAU Ezek. 6:3 and say, 'Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the ravines and the valleys: "Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.
39. NAU Ezek. 20:5 and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,
40. NAU Ezek. 20:9 "But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
41. NAU Ezek. 20:41 "As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.
42. NAU Ezek. 29:3 "Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, That has said, 'My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.'
43. NAU Ezek. 34:11 For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
44. NAU Ezek. 35:11 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
45. NAU Ezek. 36:23 "I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
46. NAU Ezek. 38:23 "I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."'
47. NAU Ezek. 39:13 "Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself," declares the Lord GOD.
48. NAU Hos. 2:23 "I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'You are my God!'"
Around 100x God says "I am he"
- Gen. 17:1; 26:24; 31:13; 46:3
- Exod. 3:6, 14; 7:5; 8:18; 14:4, 18; 20:2; 29:46
- Lev. 11:44-45; 19:10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28, 30-32, 34, 36-37; 21:23; 22:30; 24:22; 25:17; 26:1-2, 13, 44-45
- Deut. 5:9; 32:39
- Jdg. 5:3; 6:8, 18
- 2 Sam. 12:7
- Ps. 45:11
- Hos. 11:9
- Joel 2:27
- Hag. 1:13; 2:4
- Zech. 13:5
- Mal. 1:14
- Isa. 41:4; 43:10, 25; 45:8, 18-19, 22; 46:4, 9; 48:12, 17; 51:12; 52:6
- Jer. 1:7-8, 19; 3:12; 9:23; 23:23; 24:7; 26:28; 49:11
- Ezek. 7:6; 28:22-24, 26; 29:6, 9, 16, 21; 30:8, 19, 25-26; 32:15; 33:29; 34:15, 27, 30; 35:4, 9, 12, 15; 36:11, 23; 37:6, 13, 28; 38:23; 39:6-7, 22, 28.
“And I [Yahweh] will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My soul” (1 Samuel 2:35).
“Yahweh tests the righteous and the wicked, and His soul hates him that loves violence” (Psalm 11:5).
“There are six things which Yahweh hates, seven which are an abomination to His soul” (Proverbs 6:16).
[Yahweh]: “Your new moons and your scheduled feasts My soul hated” (Isaiah 1:14).
[Yahweh]: “Behold, My servant-son, whom I uphold, My chosen one in whom My soul delights” (Isaiah 42:1).
“Shall I [Yahweh] not punish these people?” declares the LORD. “And on a nation such as this shall My soul not avenge itself? (Jeremiah 5:9; cf. 5:29; 9:9).
[Yahweh]: “Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from you” (Jeremiah 6:8).
“I [Yahweh] have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies” (Jeremiah 12:7).
“Have You [Yahweh] completely rejected Judah? Has Your soul abhorred Zion?” (Jeremiah 14:19).
“Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My soul would not be with this people’” (Jeremiah 15:1).
“I [Yahweh] will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul” (Jeremiah 32:41).
[Yahweh]: “And she uncovered her harlotries, and she revealed he nakedness, and My soul turned away from her as My soul turned away from her sister” (Ezekiel 32:18).
“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his own soul” (Amos 6:8).
“Yahweh tests the righteous and the wicked, and His soul hates him that loves violence” (Psalm 11:5).
“There are six things which Yahweh hates, seven which are an abomination to His soul” (Proverbs 6:16).
[Yahweh]: “Your new moons and your scheduled feasts My soul hated” (Isaiah 1:14).
[Yahweh]: “Behold, My servant-son, whom I uphold, My chosen one in whom My soul delights” (Isaiah 42:1).
“Shall I [Yahweh] not punish these people?” declares the LORD. “And on a nation such as this shall My soul not avenge itself? (Jeremiah 5:9; cf. 5:29; 9:9).
[Yahweh]: “Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from you” (Jeremiah 6:8).
“I [Yahweh] have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies” (Jeremiah 12:7).
“Have You [Yahweh] completely rejected Judah? Has Your soul abhorred Zion?” (Jeremiah 14:19).
“Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My soul would not be with this people’” (Jeremiah 15:1).
“I [Yahweh] will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul” (Jeremiah 32:41).
[Yahweh]: “And she uncovered her harlotries, and she revealed he nakedness, and My soul turned away from her as My soul turned away from her sister” (Ezekiel 32:18).
“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his own soul” (Amos 6:8).
New Testament – Greek: psyche
[Yahweh]: “Behold, My servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul is well pleased” (Matthew 12:18).
[Yahweh]: “But my righteous one shall live by faith and if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him”(Hebrews 10:38).
[Yahweh]: “But my righteous one shall live by faith and if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him”(Hebrews 10:38).
God is called a “person” in the LXX, aka. Septuagint:
- God lifts His prosopon over man: Num. 6:25-26.
- God hides His prosopon: Deut. 32:20; cf. Micah 3:4.
- People seek the prosopon of God: Zech. 8.21.
- Christ sees the prosopon of God in heaven: Hebrews 9:24.
- The angels see the prosopon of God: Mat 18:10.
- Christians will see the prosopon of God: Reveleation 22:4.