Quotes About Inspiration

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

Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,