13 Bible Verses about Answering God

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

You will call and I -- I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made.

From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the "Valley of Trouble" into an "Opportunity for Hope." There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.

"My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument.

"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me."

So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me."

So I, the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, say: "I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer."'"

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

But who indeed are you -- a mere human being -- to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"