18- Rhetorical Questions
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS This is the list of questions with no expectation of answers. These questions are used to engage our attention or to underline key facts. It is a record of facts that we are invited to acknowledge. In each of the questions below, please specify who the question is speaking for (God / Satan/ self/ Others.) and ask why.
1.Said he not unto me, She is my sister? (Genesis 20:5) 2.What good shall my life do me? (Genesis 27:46) 3.Shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? (Genesis 29:15) 4.Whose art thou? (Genesis 32:17) 5.And whither goest thou? (Genesis 32:17) 6.Whose are these before thee? (Genesis 32:17) 7.What is thy name? (Genesis 32:27) 8.Could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? (Genesis 43:7) 9.Who shall rouse him up? (Genesis 49:9) 10.Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? (Exodus 15:11) 11.Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Exodus 15:11)
12.For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? (Exodus 22:27) 13.How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? (Numbers 23:8) 14.Or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? (Numbers 23:8)
15. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? (Numbers 23:10)
16.God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? (Numbers 23:19) 17.Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (Numbers 23:19)
18. He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? (Numbers 24:9)
19. If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? (Numbers 24:13)
20.How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (Deuteronomy 1:12) 21.Whither shall we go up? (Deuteronomy 1:28)
22. For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? (Deuteronomy 3:11)
23. Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? (Deuteronomy 3:24)
24. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? (Deuteronomy 4:7)
25. And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? (Deuteronomy 4:8)
26. Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? (Deuteronomy 11:30)
27.And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? (Joshua 10:13) 28.Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? (Judges 5:16) 29.Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? (Judges 5:17)
30.The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? (Judges 5:28) 31.Why tarry the wheels of his chariots? (Judges 5:28) 32.Have they not sped? (Judges 5:30)
33. Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? (Judges 5:30)
34. Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? (Judges 8:2)
35. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? (Judges 9:9)
36. But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? (Judges 9:11)
37.And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? (Judges 9:13) 38.And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? (Ruth 3:2)
39. When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? (1 Samuel 6:6)
40.And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? (1 Samuel 6:20) 41.And to whom shall he go up from us? (1 Samuel 6:20)
42.Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? (1 Samuel 10:1) 43.Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? (1 Samuel 10:12)
44.For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? (1 Samuel 17:26) 45.And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? (2 Samuel 3:33) 46.Knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? (2 Samuel 11:20) 47.Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? (2 Samuel 11:21)
48.Did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? (2 Samuel 11:21) 49.And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? (2 Samuel 13:13)
50. And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? (2 Samuel 14:32)
51.So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? (2 Samuel 16:10) 52.For who is God, save the LORD? (2 Samuel 22:32) 53.And who is a rock, save our God? (2 Samuel 22:32) 54.Was he not most honourable of three? (2 Samuel 23:19)
55. And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? (1 Kings 11:41)
56. Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? (1 Kings 14:14)
57. Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (1 Kings 14:29)
58. Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (1 Kings 15:7)
59. The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (1 Kings 15:23)
60. Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (1 Kings 15:31)
61. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (1 Kings 16:5)
62. Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (1 Kings 16:14)
63. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (1 Kings 16:20)
64. Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (1 Kings 16:27)
65. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (1 Kings 22:39)
66. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (1 Kings 22:45)
67. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 1:18)
68. Look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him? (2 Kings 6:32)
69. And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 8:23)
70. Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 10:34)
71. And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 12:19)
72. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 13:8)
73. And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 13:12)
74. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 14:15)
75. And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 14:18)
76. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 14:28)
77. And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 15:6)
78. And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (2 Kings 15:21)
79. Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 15:36)
80. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 16:19)
81. And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 20:20)
82. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 21:17)
83. Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 21:25)
84. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 23:28)
85. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (2 Kings 24:5)
86. Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? (2 Chronicles 9:29)
87. And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? (2 Chronicles 10:16)
88. Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? (2 Chronicles 12:15)
89. Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? (2 Chronicles 25:26)
90. Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? (Ezra 4:22)
91. Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? (Ezra 7:23)
92.And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? (Esther 10:2) 93.But who can withhold himself from speaking? (Job 4:2) 94.And is wisdom driven quite from me? (Job 6:13) 95.Did I say, Bring unto me? (Job 6:22) 96.Or, Give a reward for me of your substance? (Job 6:22) 97.Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? (Job 6:23) 98.Or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? (Job 6:23) 99.Is there iniquity in my tongue? (Job 6:30) 100.Cannot my taste discern perverse things? (Job 6:30) 101.Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? (Job 7:1) 102.Are not his days also like the days of an hireling? (Job 7:1) 103.How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? (Job 9:14)
104. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? (Job 9:19)
105. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? (Job 9:24)
106.But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? (Job 12:3) 107.Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? (Job 12:9) 108.Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? (Psalms 10:13)
109.To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? (Psalms 54:1) 110.What shall be given unto thee? (Psalms 120:3) 111.Or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? (Psalms 120:3)
112. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? (Ecclesiastes 5:6)
113.Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? (Ecclesiastes 6:6) 114.For what hath the wise more than the fool? (Ecclesiastes 6:8) 115.What hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (Ecclesiastes 6:8) 116.For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 6:12)
117.Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? (Isaiah 44:10) 118.Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? (Isaiah 60:8) 119.Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? (Isaiah 63:1)
120. A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? (Jeremiah 2:24)
121.And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? (John 4:27) 122.Or, Why talkest thou with her? (John 4:27)
123.Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? (John 21:12) 124.Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? (John 21:17)
125.Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? (John 21:23) 126.Death, where is thy sting? (1 Corinthians 15:55) 127.Grave, where is thy victory? (1 Corinthians 15:55)