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The person also that turneth unto mediums and unto oracles, in going unchastely after them, then will I set my face against that person, and will cut him off out of the midst of his people.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsMediumsSeeking GodSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsOccultismWitchcraftDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyGod OpposingAvoid SpiritismThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelDeath Penalty For Heresypsychics

Now, Samuel, was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city, - Saul, moreover had put away them who had familiar spirits and them who were oracles, out of the land.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentProphets, Lives OfSpiritismFortunetellingSpiritism AvoidedMourning The Death Of OthersOccultismwitchespsychics

The list of Joash's sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God's temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

Verse ConceptsRunningRunning After GoodGod's Orders

They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsSpiritsSpiritismNecromancyDivinationFortunetellingAvoid SpiritismOccultismguidancewitchespsychicsOccult Being Powerless Before God

"Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!

Verse ConceptsThe Future


“I have stirred up and put into action one from the north [the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great], and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My Name [in prayer].
And he will trample on [the Babylonian] officials as on mortar,
Even as a potter treads clay.”

Verse ConceptsClayeastCraftsmenPotterVictory, As An Act Of GodPotteryClay, UsesOut Of The North

Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you."

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingFutureForeknowledgeGod's Foreknowledgea new beginningThe Pastspringtime

who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and about the towns of Judah, 'They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,'

Verse ConceptsBeginningArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredSure KnowledgeRebuilding Jerusalem

(Nun) Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless lies. They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. They saw oracles for you that were worthless lies.

Verse ConceptsFutilityOraclesVisionsFalse VisionsSin Made KnownMen DeceivingFalse Prophets DenouncedWhat Sin?Peace And SafetyFake Friends


My people consult their [lifeless] wooden idol, and their [diviner’s] wand gives them oracles.
For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray [morally and spiritually],
And they have played the prostitute, withdrawing themselves from their God.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryIngratitudeSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfWoodHarlotsCausing People To TurnIdol Worshipwhores

Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningMouthsPeople Cut In PiecesGod KillingGod Is LightGod Killed His PeopleGod Spoke By The ProphetsThe Effect Of The Word Of GodRevelation Through ProphetsLightning Used Metaphorically

The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles."

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthSeersVeilsOccultismGod Not AnsweringShame Will ComeDisappointmentwitchesOccult Being Powerless Before God

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

Verse ConceptsCreativitydistrustGod, Uniqueness OfIdolatry, Objections ToMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureUnreliabilityIdols Not ExistingTrusting IdolsMisteachingDumbnessUseless IdolsIdolatryDumbimageHinduismFutile Faith

and this is agreeable to the oracles of the prophets: as it is written,

Verse ConceptsAgreementSaying The Same ThingsWritten In The Prophetsprophets

For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

Verse ConceptsNeedElementsChildishnessSpiritual VitalityTeachersTeachingSpiritual ImmaturityTeaching In The ChurchBeginning To TeachStaying Strong And Not Giving UpEating MeatMaturity

See that ye reject not Him that speaketh; for if they escaped not, who rejected him that gave forth divine oracles on earth, much less shall we, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven:

Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsComplacencyGospel, Responses ToImpenitence, Results OfSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfWatchfulness, Of BelieversRejection Of God's CallEscaping EvilNo EscapeGod Speaks From Heaven

for God hath put it in their hearts to execute his designs, in agreeing to give their kingdom to the beast, until the divine oracles shall be accomplished.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfGod, Purpose OfMan's PurposesGod And The HeartGod's PlanDecision MakingGods Planroyaltyfulfillment

Non-Exact Match

For if you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ surely thus says the Lord, ‘Because you said this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” I have also sent to you, saying, “You shall not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’”’

Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseReceiving SightWise Proverbs

Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

Verse ConceptsReceiving SightWise Proverbs

Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age-abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh) - Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

Verse ConceptsHonorWorthinessDisobedience, To GodHonouring GodMan's Eternal Attributeshonour

“Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, ‘What is the oracle of the Lord?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What oracle?’ The Lord declares, ‘I will abandon you.’

For you will no longer remember the oracle of the Lord, because every man’s own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustaining

Now, these, are the last words of David, - The oracle of David, son of Jesse, Yea the oracle of The man raised up on high, The Anointed of the God of Jacob, the Delight of the Songs of Israel:

Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfMusiciansLast WordsComposersAnointed By Godheroes

Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says, 'You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'"

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Verse ConceptsPsalms As PrayersBeggarsHandsMost Holy PlaceLifting HandsPay Attention O God!supplication

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Verse ConceptsGod's CounselHurt And Betrayal

but what said the oracle to him? "I have reserved to my self seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistorySeven ThousandBowing To False GodsSurvivors Of Israel

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh, - Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one,

Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

Verse Conceptsstructure

And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceDimensions Of ChambersCedar Wood

And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSanctuaryThe Ark In The Temple

And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

Verse ConceptsCubesDimensions Of ChambersOverlaid With WoodCedar Wood

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

Verse ConceptsChainsGold ChainsOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The Tabernacl

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceOverlaid With Gold

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

Verse ConceptsLampsFive ThingsTen Things

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Ark In The Temple

And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

Verse ConceptsLong ThingsPlaces To This Day

And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

Verse ConceptsFruitChainsPomegranatesOne Hundred

Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

Verse ConceptsSanctuary

And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

Verse ConceptsLong ThingsPoles

Say unto them: As I live, is the oracle of Yahweh: Surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so, will I do unto you: -

Verse Conceptsexploring

The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes: -

Verse ConceptsecstasySpiritual Blindness, Removal OfProstrationRevelation, In OtHearing God's WordReceiving SightThose Who Saw GodRevelation Through Visions And Dreams

The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, And knowing the knowledge of the Most High, - Who the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down but hath unveiled eyes: -

Verse ConceptsecstasyGod On HighHearing God's WordReceiving SightVisions From God

Or who bindeth with spells, - Or who asketh of a familiar spirit or an oracle, Or who seeketh unto the dead.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByOccultismNecromancyAvoid SpiritismSorcerypsychics

And the woman said unto him - Lo! thou, knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off them who have familiar spirits and him who is an oracle, out of the land, - wherefore, then, art thou striking at my life, to put me to death?

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyTrapMan TrappingSpiritism Avoidedpsychics

And he took up his oracle, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsJacob, The PatriarchCrude LanguageCursing IsraelWise Proverbs

And he took up his oracle, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, you son of Zippor:

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!Wise Proverbs

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his oracle, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople BeginningWise Proverbs

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his oracle, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.

Verse ConceptsNestsWise Proverbs

And he took up his oracle, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this!

Verse ConceptsWise Proverbs

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah. The oracle utters transgression to the wicked within my heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Verse ConceptsAgnosticismIrreverenceOraclesReverence, And Social BehaviourSin, Universality OfNature Of The HeartNo Fear Of God

An oracle. The word of Yahweh [is] against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [is] its resting place. For to Yahweh belongs the eye of humankind, and all the tribes of Israel,

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodGod Seeing All PeopleGod OpposingGod Saves From Sin And Deathdamascus

An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. "{Thus declares} Yahweh, who stretches out [the] heavens, founds [the] earth, and forms the spirit of humankind in its midst:

Verse ConceptsFoundationsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfStretching OutEarth's FoundationProphecies concerning

{An oracle}. The word of Yahweh to Israel {through} Malachi.

Verse ConceptsOraclesWord Of Godclosure

Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the Lord uttered this oracle against him:

for the law appointed frail mortals to be high priests, but the oracle pronounc'd with an oath, which was since the law, established the son, who is crown'd with immortal perfections.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfGod, Perfection OfPriesthood, In NtConsecrationUnblemishmentChrist Made PerfectRivers

The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.

Verse ConceptsOraclesGood KingsPeople Involved In JudgementDecision Making

Bind up the oracle, seal up the law among the disciples.

Verse ConceptsSealing The Message

Shall not these all of them lift up a parable against him, and an enigma of an oracle against him, and it shall be said, Wo! to him multiplying that not to him. how long making heavy upon him goods taken in pledge?

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersPainRidicule, Nature OfRiches, Description OfGuileSocial SelfishnessTransient WealthDo Not StealWoe To The WickedMorality

Behold me against the prophets, says Jehovah, taking their tongue, and they will mutter an oracle.

Verse Conceptsprophets

In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came:

Verse ConceptsOracles

The oracle concerning Moab.
Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InDisastersDuring One Night

The oracle concerning Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city
And will become a fallen ruin.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyProphecies concerningsyriadamascus

The oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsVisions From God

The oracle concerning Edom.
One keeps calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, how far gone is the night?
Watchman, how far gone is the night?”

Verse ConceptsProphecies concerning

The oracle about Arabia.
In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night,
O caravans of Dedanites.

Verse ConceptsForestsCaravans

The oracle concerning the valley of vision.
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

Verse ConceptsHousetopsRooftop

The oracle concerning Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land of distress and anguish,
From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;

Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “This oracle (a burden to be carried) concerns the prince (Zedekiah) in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are there.”’

Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, ‘The oracle of the Lord,’ I will bring punishment upon that man and his household.

Verse ConceptsClaimsFake Friends

“A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To Fools

who frustrates [the] signs of oracle priests and makes a fool of diviners, who drives [the] wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools

Disaster upon disaster will come, followed by rumor after rumor. They'll seek an oracle from the prophet, but the Law will be gone from the priests, and counsel from the elders.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesProphets, Role OfRumoursVisionsDisastersCataclysmSpiritual DestitutionNo VisionsProphecy Abolishedrumors

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceadvisersPlansStudying The LawThe Work Of The WiseMan's CounselThe TongueWisdom And GuidanceBeing LostGod's Plan For Usrumors

Whenever a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the oracle does not come about or the word is not fulfilled, then the LORD has not spoken it. The prophet will have spoken presumptuously, so you need not fear him."

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphecy, Inspiration Of OtUnfulfilled WordDo Not Fear MenThe scripturesProphecyProphecies concerningDivinity

Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David with precisely these words.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfThose Who Saw Visions

Using precisely these words, Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation Of

They said to him, "Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission."

They will bear their punishment; the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it

Verse ConceptsEquality Of PunishmentWicked ProphetsFound GuiltyguidanceGuiltconsequences

This is what the Lord says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sSpiritual MalnutritionSelf DeceptionChantingBeing MisleadPeople Providing FoodNo PeacePrinciples Of WarPeace And SafetyWar

Then Jehoshaphat added, "First seek an oracle from the Lord."

Verse ConceptsadvisersAdvice, Receiving God's Advice