25 Bible Verses about Guidance, Need For God's

and such is the will of God, that you should be holy, and avoid licentiousness;

May the God of peace, who has raised from the dead our Lord Jesus (who by the blood of the eternal covenant is become the grand pastor of the sheep) make you perfect in every virtue, to the accomplishment of his will: effecting that in you by Jesus Christ, which is agreeable to him: to whom be glory thro' all ages.

and to encourage those who do well. for such is the divine pleasure, that by your good conduct you obviate the cavils of inconsiderate

and the world is passing away, with all its vices: but he that obeys the divine will, shall enjoy a life of immortality.

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but only they who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.

for whosoever shall do the will of my father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

for he that does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.

but he answered them, my mother and brethren are these, who attend to the word of God, and practise it.

if any man is inclin'd to do his will, he shall know whether the doctrine be from God, or whether I speak from my self.

for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Jesus said to them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

but when he saw how the multitude were fatigued and dispers'd like so many sheep without their Pastors, he was moved with compassion, and said to his disciples,

for you were as sheep going astray, but now you are brought back to the pastor and overseer of your souls.

wo unto you, doctors of the law; for after having taken the key of knowledge, you remain still in the dark, and hinder others, who desire to have light.

Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who prey upon the estates of widows, under the pretext of making long prayers; therefore ye shall be punish'd with the greater severity.

As there were false prophets among the people of Israel, there will likewise be false doctors among you, who by introducing pernicious sects, and by renouncing the Lord, who bought them, will bring upon themselves swift destruction. many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd. By their artful discourses they will make you the tools of their avarice; but their condemnation has been a long time advancing, and their ruin is far from lingring.

for there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall shew such astonishing miracles and prodigies, as to deceive, if that can do it, the very converts themselves.

let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

nay, among your own body some will start up to vent their intricate conceits, and draw a number of followers.

be not deceived : "vicious conversation corrupts good morals."

the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him.

the lamp shall no more be lighted in thee; the bridal-song shall be heard there no more: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; all nations were seduc'd by thy enchantments.

for the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but get teachers of their own corrupt taste, to sooth their ears that itch for flattery:

Wherefore as the holy spirit saith, "since to-day you hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as at Meriba and Massa in the desart: where your fathers provoked me to give proofs of my power forty years, tho' they saw my works.read more.
wherefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, they do alway err in their hearts; and they have not known my ways. so I swear in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."