Tohu Quotes & Sayings

The desert to us is tohu wabohu, a place of chaos that is unformed and unfilled. When we crossed the Red Sea, Yahweh had promised us that he would crush the heads of Leviathan and Rahab and create the heavens and the earth out of the chaos. This was another way of saying that Yahweh would establish his kingdom covenant order out of the disorder and lawlessness that was Canaan. Sending the goat out into the desert to Azazel, was not an offering to the damnable goat demon, but rather it was a banishment of Israel's sin to the realm of chaos outside Yahweh's kingdom - the same realm of Azazel. — Brian Godawa

Just dandelion leaves trod all down his path with this going away and the coming back. Some great ending it feels like. For now though, just go through his broke door. — Eimear McBride

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong. — Sherman Alexie

Concerning the earth, God asked Job, "To what were its foundations fastened?" What an awesome scientific question. But God answers His own question in the book of Job: "God stretches the northern sky over empty space [tohu] and hangs the earth on nothing! (Job 26:7 — Phil Mason

Some people had mixed feelings about this - they'd obviously been abandoned here, everyone was hungry and 911 wasn't even operational; on the other hand, no one wants to be a thief - but then a business traveler named Max said, "Look, everyone just chill the fuck out, I'll cover it with my Amex. — Emily St. John Mandel

God my Creator said, 'Go and make disciples.' So I don't want to sit and make excuses. — Francis Chan

I am surprised at three things: 1. [A] man runs from death while death is inevitable. 2. One sees minor faults in others, yet overlooks his own major faults. 3. When there is any defect to one's cattle he tries to cure it, but does not cure his own defects. — Umar

I tell people, 'You can do this.' And they write back and say, 'You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.' — Bob Ross

The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution. — Walter Raleigh

I wanted a real band. I wanted the Rolling Stones, the Beatles. — Christopher Owens

She was staying. A little longer.
V smiled to himself. So this was what winning the lottery felt like. — J.R. Ward

Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish loves: The decorative manias we obey Die in grimaces round us every day, Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice Which utters an absurd command - Rejoice. — W. H. Auden

I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better. — Diane Keaton

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father. — Frank Abagnale