18 Bible Verses about God Speaking Of Old

God, who at many times and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

For prophecy was not borne at any time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke being borne along by the Holy Spirit.

as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from eternity;

whom Heaven truly needs to receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.

All His works are known to God from eternity.

The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of plague.

Let all the nations be brought together, and let the people be gathered; who among them can declare this and make us hear former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true.

I have foretold the former things from the beginning; and they went out of My mouth; and I made them hear; I acted suddenly; and they came about.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, so that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "You shall not kill" --and, "Whoever shall kill shall be liable to the judgment."

Again, you have heard that it has been said to the ancients, "You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord."

I remembered Your judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.

on hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,

Declare and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this of old? Who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me.

And I declared it to you from the beginning. Before it happened I revealed it to you; lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.

Jehovah has done what He has purposed; He has fulfilled His Word which He commanded from the days of old. He has thrown down and not pitied. And He caused your hater to rejoice over you; He has set up the horn of your foes.

which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

You will give faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.