Thematic Bible: Sometimes refused because not in accord with the divine will
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David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!”
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’
But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the Lord said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter.
Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.
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