Quotes About Divine

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,

and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ëWhy has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?í

But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

that this is what the LORD says: ëYou are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.í” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ëWith these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.í”

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”

Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ëI will entice him.í ëBy what means?í asked the LORD.

And he replied, ëI will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.í ëYou will surely entice him and prevail,í said the LORD. ëGo and do it.í

So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.

And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaphís descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.