Quotes About Guidance

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

And He said to man, ëBehold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.í”

“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my motherís womb I guided the widow—

I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.í

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.

For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ëYou have done wrongí?

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.

so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?