The Lord’s Covenant With Abram

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.”

Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.

But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.

So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

(At that time I stood between the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”

But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Before David got up the next morning, the word of the Lord had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

The word of the Lord came to Solomon:

‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’” So they obeyed the word of the Lord and went home again, as the Lord had ordered.

The Man of God From Judah

By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering.

By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’”

Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the Lord.

For I was commanded by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

I have been told by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (But he was lying to him.)

While they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have defied the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you.