1 Samuel 28:6

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1 Samuel 28:6

He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.

Numbers 12:6

He said:

“Listen to what I say:
If there is a prophet among you from the Lord,
I make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak with him in a dream.

He will stand before Eleazar who will consult the Lord for him with the decision of the Urim. He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.”

1 Samuel 14:37

So Saul inquired of God, “Should I go after the Philistines? Will You hand them over to Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

Lamentations 2:9

ט TetZion’s gates have fallen to the ground;
He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction is no more,
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.

Exodus 28:30

Place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece for decisions, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the Lord. Aaron will continually carry the means of decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 33:8

He said about Levi:

Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one;
You tested him at Massah
and contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

Genesis 28:12-15

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

Genesis 46:2-4

That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.

And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”

Exodus 28:20

and the fourth row,
a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.

They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

Job 33:14-16

For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.

Psalm 74:9

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

Proverbs 1:1-33

The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 27:1-28

Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day might bring.

Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 20:1-3

In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, some of Israel’s elders came to consult the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Matthew 1:20

But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.

John 9:31

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

James 4:3

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Inquired

James 4:3

By dreams

By urim

Exodus 28:20

Numbers 27:21

Deuteronomy 33:8

By prophets

Psalm 74:9

Lamentations 2:9

Ezekiel 20:3

Bible References

Inquired

So Saul inquired of God, “Should I go after the Philistines? Will You hand them over to Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

but he did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, some of Israel’s elders came to consult the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

By dreams

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.

And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”

He said:

“Listen to what I say:
If there is a prophet among you from the Lord,
I make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak with him in a dream.

For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

By urim

and the fourth row,
a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.

They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.

He said about Levi:

Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one;
You tested him at Massah
and contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

By prophets

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

“Son of man, speak with the elders of Israel and tell them: This is what the Lord God says: Are you coming to consult Me? As I live, I will not be consulted by you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.