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Acts 8:39
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.
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2 Kings 2 16
“ Sir,” they said,“ just say the word and fifty of our strongest men will search the wilderness for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has left him on some mountain or in some valley.”“ No,” Elisha said,“ don’t send them.”
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Ezekiel 8:3
He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the Lord very jealous.
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2 Timothy 3 15
You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
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2 Chronicles 34 3
During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
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Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil.
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1 Samuel 2 26
Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the Lord and with the people.
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Ezekiel 3:12-14
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me.( May the glory of the Lord be praised in his place!)It was the sound of the wings of the living beings as they brushed against each other and the rumbling of their wheels beneath them.The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the Lord’s hold on me was strong.
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1 Samuel 2 18
But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.
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Proverbs 8:13
All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.
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Luke 1:15
for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
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Matthew 2:16
Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
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1 Samuel 22 11-1 Samuel 22 19
King Saul immediately sent for Ahimelech and all his family, who served as priests at Nob.When they arrived, Saul shouted at him,“ Listen to me, you son of Ahitub!”“ What is it, my king?” Ahimelech asked.“ Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me?” Saul demanded.“ Why did you give him food and a sword? Why have you consulted God for him? Why have you encouraged him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day?”“ But sir,” Ahimelech replied,“ is anyone among all your servants as faithful as David, your son in law? Why, he is the captain of your bodyguard and a highly honored member of your household!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.”“ You will surely die, Ahimelech, along with your entire family!” the king shouted.And he ordered his bodyguards,“ Kill these priests of the Lord, for they are allies and conspirators with David! They knew he was running away from me, but they didn’t tell me!” But Saul’s men refused to kill the Lord’s priests.Then the king said to Doeg,“ You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.Then he went to Nob, the town of the priests, and killed the priests’ families— men and women, children and babies— and all the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.
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Ezekiel 11:24
Afterward the Spirit of God carried me back again to Babylonia, to the people in exile there. And so ended the vision of my visit to Jerusalem.
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1 Samuel 3 19-1 Samuel 3 20
As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 12 2-2 Corinthians 12 3
I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don’t know— only God knows.Yes, only God knows whether I was in my body or outside my body. But I do know
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Ezekiel 40:1-2
On April 28, during the twenty fifth year of our captivity— fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem— the Lord took hold of me.In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.
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2 Kings 2 11
As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.
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Daniel 2:5-13
But the king said to the astrologers,“ I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!But if you tell me what I dreamed and what the dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors. Just tell me the dream and what it means!”They said again,“ Please, Your Majesty. Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”The king replied,“ I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say,‘ If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I’ll know that you can tell me what it means.”The astrologers replied to the king,“ No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed.And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.
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Acts 12:19
Herod Agrippa ordered a thorough search for him. When he couldn’t be found, Herod interrogated the guards and sentenced them to death. Afterward Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.
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Ezekiel 37:1
The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones.
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Ecclesiastes 7:18
Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.
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Psalms 71:17-18
O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
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Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God.