Thematic Bible: Inquiring of God
Thematic Bible
Inquiring of God » General examples of
The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God's covenant was there in those days;
After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, "Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?"
Afterward David inquired of the Lord, "Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" The Lord told him, "Go up." David asked, "Where should I go?" The Lord replied, "To Hebron."
So David again asked God what he should do. This time God told him, "Don't march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees.
When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.
But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the Lord,
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » The issues of war
"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, "The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.
"Please ask the Lord to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave."
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » Battles
But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?"
So David asked the Lord, "Should I go and strike down these Philistines?" The Lord said to David, "Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah."
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » By hypocrites
For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.
In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to seek the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » The teachings of the scriptures
"Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people -- for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do."
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » Great emergencies
Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord's direction?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah's servant."
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » Business affairs
The servant went on to answer Saul, "Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go."
Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » Sickness
So the king told Hazael, "Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"