38 Bible Verses about God Speaking

God said, "Let there be light." And there was light!

God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.

God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.

God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." It was so.

God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."

God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so.

Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.

For I, the Lord, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

The Lord said to Moses: "Thus you will tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven.

Then God spoke to Noah and said,

God said to Noah and his sons,

And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!"

"This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.

I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.

He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

The hand of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, "Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there."

He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you."

Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!

The voice of the Lord thunders as he leads his army. Indeed, his warriors are innumerable; Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the Lord is awesome and very terrifying -- who can survive it?

The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

Amos said: "The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds' pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers."

in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.

"'It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,' the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.

"For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it. In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds. Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,

They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die."

Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.