Judges 18:5

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

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  • 1 Kgs 22:5 : 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
  • 2 Kgs 16:15 : 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
  • Isa 30:1 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
  • Ezek 21:21 : 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
  • Hos 4:12 : 12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.
  • Acts 8:10 : 10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
  • Judg 17:5 : 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
  • Judg 17:13 : 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
  • Judg 18:14 : 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

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  • Judg 18:6
    80%

    6And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go.

  • Jer 42:3
    78%

    3that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

  • Judg 18:18-20
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    18And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye?

    19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

    20And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • 2 Chr 18:4-6
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    4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.

    5Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.

    6But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?

  • 1 Kgs 22:5
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    5And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.

  • Judg 18:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

    4And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

  • 1 Sam 9:6
    74%

    6And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honor; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.

  • Judg 18:13-15
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    73%

    13And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

    14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

    15And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

  • Gen 24:57
    72%

    57And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

  • 1 Sam 1:17
    72%

    17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

  • Exod 18:19
    72%

    19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to Godward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

  • 2 Chr 18:14
    72%

    14And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.

  • Jer 42:5-6
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    71%

    5Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

    6Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • Judg 20:18
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    18And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah [shall go up] first.

  • 1 Kgs 22:15
    71%

    15And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up and prosper; and Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • Num 10:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.

    32And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever Jehovah shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
    71%

    9And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

  • Josh 9:14
    71%

    14And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.

  • Judg 17:13
    71%

    13Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

  • 1 Sam 6:2
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    2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sent it to its place.

  • 1 Sam 9:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

    9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

  • 1 Kgs 22:7
    70%

    7But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?

  • Num 22:19
    70%

    19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    70%

    3And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

  • Deut 17:9
    70%

    9and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
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    8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

  • Judg 18:8
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    8And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] ye?

  • 1 Sam 14:37
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    37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

  • Deut 1:22
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    22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

  • Deut 1:14
    69%

    14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

  • Judg 18:23-24
    2 verses
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    23And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

    24And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth thee?

  • Exod 5:3
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    3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

  • Lam 3:40
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
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    12And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.

  • Judg 17:9
    69%

    9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place] .