100 Bible Verses About Seeking Guidance

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.