Quotes About Guidance

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

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

Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:

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

For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

“And now this decree is for you, O priests:

True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ëHow can we return?í

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.

asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.