22 Bible Verses about Guidance, Receiving God's

Now, if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.

To him the door-keeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. And when he puts his own sheep out, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face in prayer, saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I will, but as thou willest.

And he went forward a little, and fell upon the ground, and prayed, that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him; and he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; let this cup pass from me: but not what I will, but what thou wiliest.

saying: Father, if thou art willing that this cup should pass from me yet, not my will, but thine be done.

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may learn what the will of God is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect.

When they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, be not anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say; for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what you ought to say.

But when he, the Spirit of the truth, has come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself; but what he hears, that will he speak, and he will show you things to come.

While Peter was thinking of the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men ask for you: arise then, and go down, and go with them without hesitation, for I have sent them.

And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to the work to which I have called them.

When they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia, and had come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit did not permit them.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

I have written these things to you concerning those who deceive you. And the anointing which you have received from him abides in you; and you have no need that any one should teach you: but, as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and is no lie, even as it has taught you, abide in it.

These were of a better disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

and we have the prophetic word better established. You do well to attend to this, as to a lamp that shines in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning star arise in your hearts;

And they gave in their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias: and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying: Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias. He answered: Behold me, Lord. And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Straight, and in quire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he is praying;

He distinctly saw, in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. And having looked steadily on him, he was afraid, and said: "What is it, Lord? He said to him: Your prayers and your charitable deeds have come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter;read more.
he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea.

I was in the city of Joppa, praying; and, while in a trance, I saw a vision, some vessel like a great sheet, descending, let down from heaven by the four corners; and it came even to me. When I had looked attentively into it, I observed and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter, kill and eat.read more.
But I said, By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth. But the voice answered me a second time from heaven, What God has cleansed, you must not call common.

And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go toward the south, to the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is desert.

But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison by night, and brought them out, and said: