Quotes About Guidance

So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.

Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boyís rule of life and mission?”

So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.

And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micahís house in the hill country of Ephraim.

And while they were near Micahís house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”

“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”

They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.

Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ëStay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.í”

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”

One day Ruthís mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”

So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.

“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”