Quotes About Purpose

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”

Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,í declares the Lord GOD.”

Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

When you say, ëLet us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,í what you have in mind will never come to pass.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.

I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.

Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.

What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORDís feast?

They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.

They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.