Quotes About Guidance

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

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

“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

“Go down at once to the potterís house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”

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

“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potterís hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,

But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that

Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ëBehold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,

I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?