Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
By prophets
Bible References
Inquired
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.
1 Chronicles 10:14
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.
Ezekiel 20:1
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.
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.
By dreams
Genesis 28:12
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
That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.
And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”
And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”
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.
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.
Job 33:14 For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.
but a person may not notice it.
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.
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.
By urim
Exodus 28:20 and the fourth row,
a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.
They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.
a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.
They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.
Numbers 27:21
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.”
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.
You tested him at Massah
and contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
By prophets
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.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.
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.
He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:3
“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.