Quotes About Command

For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ëYou must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.í”

For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ëYou must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.í”

When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.

“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ëBy the young officers of the district governors.í” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ëCome down!í”

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ëCome down at once!í”

And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.

and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,

You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ëGo up against this land and destroy it.í”

and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

Surely this happened to Judah at the LORDís command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the kingís command was detestable to him.

This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.