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.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house an
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clea
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common,
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great jo
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to d
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Se
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring yo
“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go we
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut u
For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure me
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand b
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borr
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel,
No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer