2 Samuel 5:19

New Living Translation

So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:1

After this, David asked the Lord, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?” “Yes,” the Lord replied. Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered.

2 Samuel 5:23

And again David asked the Lord what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the Lord replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.

1 Kings 22:6

So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, about 400 of them, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?” They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! The Lord will give the king victory.”

Proverbs 3:6

Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

James 4:15

What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”

Judges 20:28

and Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron was the priest.) The Israelites asked the Lord, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again, or should we stop?” The Lord said, “Go! Tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

1 Samuel 22:15

This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God for him! May the king not accuse me and my family in this matter, for I knew nothing at all of any plot against you.”

1 Samuel 23:2

David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.

1 Samuel 23:4

So David asked the Lord again, and again the Lord replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 28:6

He asked the Lord what he should do, but the Lord refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets.