Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  8000 The life of the believer  »  8100 The life of faith  »  8124 guidance  »  8126 guidance, need for God's

God's guidance is needed because people are naturally ignorant and rebellious and there are many who lead others astray.

The need to know and do the will of God

Jeremiah 10:23 See also Ezra 7:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Hebrews 13:20-21; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 John 2:17; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 12:50 pp Mark 3:35 pp Luke 8:21; John 7:17

The concern of Jesus Christ to do the will of God

John 6:38 See also John 4:34

By themselves people are ignorant of the right way in life

Proverbs 14:12 See also Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 59:10 blindness the result of disobedience; Matthew 9:36; 1 Peter 2:25

Warnings against false guidance

False prophets and teachers

Jeremiah 23:25-27; Luke 11:52 pp Matthew 23:13 See also Isaiah 9:16; Jeremiah 23:13; Jeremiah 27:9-10; Micah 3:5; 2 Peter 2:1-3; Jude 17-19

False shepherds and guides

Jeremiah 50:6; Matthew 24:24 See also Isaiah 3:12; Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 23:1-2; Ezekiel 34:4-6; Matthew 15:14; Acts 20:30

Idols and mediums

Zechariah 10:2 See also Leviticus 19:31; Isaiah 41:22-24; Amos 2:4; Habakkuk 2:19

Other agencies

1 Kings 11:3; 2 Kings 21:9; 2 Chronicles 21:11; Proverbs 16:29; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 18:23

Despite knowing God's will, sinners still rebel against him

Jeremiah 18:11-12 See also Isaiah 30:9-11; Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 42:5-6,19-21; 2 Timothy 4:3

The adverse consequences of false guidance and disobedience

1 Chronicles 10:13-14 See also Job 5:12; Psalm 33:10-11; Psalm 146:3-4; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 30:1; Jeremiah 19:7; Hosea 11:5-7; Hebrews 3:7-11; Psalm 95:7-11

See also

1310  God as judge
2057  Christ, obedience
4195  spirits
5133  blindness
5494  revenge
5917  plans
5927  resentment
6181  ignorance
7774  prophets, false
8749  false teachers
8768  idolatry