2 Peter 1:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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  • Luke 1:70 : 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness: 17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
  • 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.
  • Acts 3:18 : 18 But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
  • Josh 14:6 : 6 Then the children of Judah went to Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, You have knowledge of what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about me and about you in Kadesh-barnea.
  • Mark 12:36 : 36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
  • Heb 3:7 : 7 And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,
  • Heb 9:8 : 8 The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;
  • Heb 10:15 : 15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
  • 2 Kgs 6:10 : 10 So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.
  • 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?
  • 1 Chr 23:14 : 14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
  • Mic 3:7 : 7 And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
  • Num 16:28 : 28 And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death.
  • 1 Kgs 17:24 : 24 Then the woman said to Elijah, Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.
  • 2 Kgs 4:9 : 9 And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.

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