36 Bible Verses about God Sending Prophets

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.'

Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"

God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

But he said, "Oh, my Lord, please send someone else."

Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?

For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it."

or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, 'These are they whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.'

And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.

and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there." And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit.

And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?"

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.

And he said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.

"Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."

"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

"And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the LORD. And you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God."

Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place."

And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

And the angel answered him, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

Rise and go down and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them."

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.