16 Bible Verses about Divine Direction

Most Relevant Verses

Numbers 9:23

At the word of the Lord they put up their tents, and at the word of the Lord they went forward on their journey: they kept the orders of the Lord as he gave them by Moses.

Genesis 31:3

Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

Joshua 1:2

Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.

2 Samuel 5:19

And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.

1 Kings 17:3

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

1 Kings 17:4

The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

1 Kings 17:9

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

1 Kings 18:1

Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

1 Kings 19:15

And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram;

1 Kings 21:18

Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.

1 Kings 21:19

Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

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divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Pronouncing judgments

1 Kings 21:18-19

Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage. Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies

1 Kings 17:3-4

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

1 Kings 17:9

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Waging warfare

2 Samuel 5:19

And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Anointing leaders

1 Kings 19:15

And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram;

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » As to leaving old associations

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Coming out from retirement

1 Kings 18:1

Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Returning home

Genesis 31:3

Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Assuming leadership

divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Forward movements

Joshua 1:2

Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.

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