23 Bible Verses about Oracles

And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I have come to thee. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of LORD my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what LORD will speak to me more.

And Balak said to Balaam, What have thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have blessed them altogether. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which LORD puts in my mouth?

And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers that thou sent to me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind. What LORD speaks, that I will speak?

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon him. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says, he says who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open,

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go. Perhaps LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. And God met Balaam, and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. And LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall speak.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says, he says who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:

And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the rulers of Moab. And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied?read more.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou son of Zippor. God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.read more.
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought! Behold, the people rise up as a lioness, and as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon him. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says, he says who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open,read more.
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy tabernacles, O Israel! As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the river-side, as aloes which LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters. Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. God brings him forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces, and smite [them] through with his arrows. He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him up? He who blesses thee is blessed, And he who curses thee is cursed.

The burden of the word of LORD to Israel by Malachi.

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam. Besiege, O Media, all the sighing of it I have made to cease. Therefore my loins are filled with anguish. Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail. I am pained so that I cannot hear. I am dismayed so that I cannot see.read more.
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me. They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink. Rise up, ye rulers, anoint the shield. For thus has LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees. and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed. And he cried out as a lion, O LORD, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and am set in my ward whole nights, and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon. And all the graven images of her gods are broken to the ground. O my threshing, and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you. The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night. If ye will inquire, inquire ye; turn ye back, come. The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia ye shall lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites. To him who was thirsty they brought water. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread. For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. For thus LORD has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail. And the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few. For LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it.

The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their tr For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still. Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.read more.
For it is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the law of LORD, who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits. You get out of the way. Turn aside out of the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

And I did so as I was commanded. I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for moving, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand. I brought it forth in the dark, and bore it upon my shoulder in their sight. And in the morning the word of LORD came to me, saying, Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to thee, What are thou doing?read more.
Say thou to them, Thus says lord LORD: This burden [concerns] the ruler in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are. Say, I am your sign. Just as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Thy prophets have seen FALSE and foolish visions for thee. And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, but have seen for thee FALSE oracles and causes of banishment.

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of LORD? Then thou shall say to them, What burden! I will cast you off, says LORD. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. Thus ye shall say each one to his neighbor, and each one to his brother: What has LORD answered? and, What has LORD spoken?read more.
And the burden of LORD ye shall mention no more, for every man's own word shall be his burden. For ye have perverted the words of the living God, of LORD of hosts our God. Thus thou shall say to the prophet: What has LORD answered thee? and, What has LORD spoken? But if ye say, The burden of LORD, therefore thus says LORD: Because ye say this word, The burden of LORD, and I have sent to you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of LORD, therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you. And I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence. And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

The transgression of the wicked man says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, and the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel: The Spirit of LORD spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me. He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,read more.
[he shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, [when] the tender grass [springs] out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.