Doctrine Of Knowledge Old Testament

Doctrine of Knowledge Nine Categories of Knowledge      

What a Person Can Know What a Person Does Not Know What a Person Presumes to Know What a Person Pretends Not to Know What the Unbeliever Can Know What the Unbeliever Does Not Know  What a Person Can Ask to Know  What God the Father Knows  What God the Son Knows ~*~ Knowledge in the Old Testament What a Person Can Know From the Books of Genesis 1. A person can know good and evil.  Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 2. A person can know the beauty of a woman.  Genesis 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 3. A person can know whatever future God reveals to him.  Genesis 15:13 And he [God] said unto Abram, Know of a surety that

thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 4. A person can know by personal desire and experience carnal sexual perversion such as homosexuality.  Genesis 19:5 And they [the men of Sodom] called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men [angels] which came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them [sexually]. 5. A person can know there is a sin unto death.  Genesis 20:7 Now [Abimelech] therefore restore the man [Abraham] his wife [Sarah]; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 6. A person may know if God has favored them in a given situation.  Genesis 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master [Isaac]. 7. A person can know the personality and character of others.  Genesis 29:5 And he [Jacob] said unto them, Know ye Laban the son

of Nahor? And they said, We know him. 8. A person can know the hard work of another individual.  Genesis 31:6 And ye know that with all my power I [Jacob] have served your father [Laban]. 9. A person can know the clothing or garments that are associated with another.  Genesis 37:32 And they [the brothers of Joseph] sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father [Jacob]; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's [Joseph] coat or no. 10. A person can know the character of another person though testing.  Genesis 42:33 And the man [Joseph], the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: Genesis 42:34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. 11. A person can know their brothers and sisters according to the flesh.  Genesis 44:27 And thy servant my father [Jacob] said unto us, Ye know that my wife [Rachel,] bare me two sons:

12. A person may know the future of a child if God has placed His prophetic word in the heart.  Genesis 48:19 And his father [Jacob] refused, and said, I know it, my son [Joseph], I know it: he [Manasseh] also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother [Ephraim] shall be greater than he [Manasseh], and his [Ephraim’s] seed shall become a multitude of nations. From the Book of Exodus 13. A person called of God can know the Lord in a personal and direct way.  Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 14. A Christian can know for certainty what the attitude of the unbeliever will be towards the LORD God and that is an attitude of non-fear and hostility.  Exodus 9:30 But as for thee [Pharaoh] and thy servants, I [Moses] know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. 15. A person may know the LORD by the miracles He performs.  There are the miracles of plagues. Exodus 10:2 And that thou [Moses] mayest tell in the ears of thy son [child (children)], and of thy son's son [grandchildren], what things I [the LORD] have wrought in Egypt,

and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. There is the miracle of the nonbarking dog. Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. There is the miracle of being alive at evening time. Exodus 16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: There is the miracle of manna. Exodus 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 16. A person can know the righteousness of God by justice being rendered and the statutes of God and His laws by being properly instructed.  Exodus 18:16 [Jethro] When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I [Moses] judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17. A person can know how to empathize with someone having been through a similar experience.

 Exodus 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 18. An Israelite could know of their special covenant relationship to the LORD by keeping the Sabbath.  Exodus 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.  Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. 19. A person can know how to perform specialized works of ministry, which God has placed in the heart.  Exodus 36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. From the Book of Leviticus 20. An Israelite could know, remember and identify with the hardships of the Exodus Generation when the LORD brought them out of Egypt. .  Leviticus 23:43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in

booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

From the Book of Numbers 21. A second generation Israelite could know the Land of Promise, which the LORD brought them into safely despite the murmuring comments of unbelief within the Exodus Generation.  Numbers 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 22. A person can know why God is disciplining them. The Exodus Generation was told plainly why they were condemned to roam in the dessert for forty years.  Numbers 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 23. A person can know if a man is ordained of God or not to lead.  Numbers 16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. From the Book of Deuteronomy 24. A person can know the truth of monotheism.

 Deuteronomy 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 25. A person can know in a day through deep meditation that the LORD He is God of heaven and earth. Time and again the sovereign of God over the earth is affirmed which makes the devil out to be the liar he is when he tries to promise the kingdoms of this world to anyone, especially Christ.  Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 26. A person can know the essence of God. Particularly God’s attributes of faithfulness, His desire to keep a covenant and His mercy may be known.  Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; 27. A person can know the reason for prolonged periods of testing such as the Wilderness Journey.  Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether

thou wouldest keep commandments, or no.

his

28. A person can know great spiritual truths such as the fact that “man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”  Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 29. A person can know when a gospel message is deliberately directed at their hearts and lives.  Deuteronomy 11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 30. A person can know that God will often test His people through various means including false prophets to examine genuine of love. There are people who love God only for the health and wealth they can receive of Him. Many people fail this test for when the promised health and wealth does not materialize heart turn away from God.  Deuteronomy 13:3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you,

to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 31. A person can know that God withdraws certain legitimate foods and beverages such as bread and wine in order to enhance a spiritual relation with Himself.  Deuteronomy 29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. 32. A person can know God’s faithfulness in the present by remember His faithfulness in the past.  Deuteronomy 29:16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; 33. A person can know the future evil individuals will think and do.  Deuteronomy 31:27 For I [Moses] know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

From the Book of Joshua 34. A person can know when their nation is under the Fifth Wave of Divine Discipline, which is the disintegration of human civilization (Lev. 26, see Doctrine of Divine Discipline).  Joshua 2:9 And she [Rahab] said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.  Ezekiel 12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 35. A person can know the geographical will of God.  Joshua 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. 36. A person can know if the special hand of God is upon their life.  Joshua 3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 37. A person can know God’s providential will to conquer a country if the inhabitants are driven out. Land belongs to the Lord and to whomever He is pleased to give it

for He is the one who establishes the boundaries (Acts 17:26).  Joshua 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 38. A person can known and pass on with certain knowledge spiritual events that have become historical.  Joshua 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 39. A person can know that God will not give military victory under certain conditions. Victory for Joshua  Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. Victory for King Ahab  1 Kings 20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it in to thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

40. A person can know why God gives military victory.

to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

 1 Kings 20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

What God wanted to know specifically through military conflict was whether or not the people of the covenant would listen to and obey the commandments of the Law.

41. A person can know that God keeps His word. The promises made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob concerning the boundaries of the Land of Promise, a seed and a royal descendant have all been fulfilled.  Joshua 23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. From the Book of Judges 42. A person can and should know how to fight for God and country. The Lord left some of the tribal nations of Canaan in the land to teach the Israelites to fight.  Judges 3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know,

Judges 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 43. A person can know by specifically answered prayer the will of God.  Judges 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 44. A person can know the principle of blessing by association.  Judges 17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. 45. A person can know if other people are worshipping false gods and engaging in idolatry.  Judges 18:14 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. 46. A person can know the most vile of sexual sins such as homosexuality are manifested in succeeding generations.  Judges 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him (cf. Genesis 19:5).

matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. 50. A person can know the mind and intentions of someone else through open discussion confirmed in the presence of witnesses.  Ruth 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

From the Book of Ruth From the Book of 1 Samuel 47. A person can know about and promote the good reputation of a virtuous woman.  Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 48. A person can know how to be discreet in society so as to avoid scandal for self and shame for others. .  Ruth 3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 49. A person can know how to be patient and wait for the outcome of a situation.  Ruth 3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the

51. It is possible to know what one does not know. There is a time in the life of every person in which it can be said, they do “not yet” know the LORD.  1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 52. It is possible to know the origin of certain sins.  1 Samuel 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 53. It is possible for a person to know the LORD will save a people but not through military force. No one should put their ultimate trust for national security in military readiness or strength.

 1 Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.

57. A person can know whey they are lying and deceiving through clever words designed to convey one meaning while something else is being done.

54. A parent can know and should know the friends of their children.

 1 Samuel 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

 1 Samuel 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father [Saul] certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 55. A person can know if they are lying about their activities.  1 Samuel 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 56. A person can know when a dangerous life-threatening situation is present.  1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou [Abigail] wilt do; for evil [injurious behavior] is determined against our master [Nabal], and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

From the Book of 2 Samuel 58. It is possible for a person to know they are being deceived or have been.  2 Samuel 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 59. It is possible for a person to know how to show kindness and grace to one’s enemy.  2 Samuel 3:38 And the king [David] said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man [Abner, the commander in chief of Saul’s army] fallen this day in Israel? 60. A person can recognize the tongue of the flatterer for such a one will use excessive praise in the manner of the woman of Tekoah.  2 Samuel 14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel

of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

boundaries they should remain within as part of a just judgment.

61. A person can know when they have acted foolishly and should confess sin and plead for mercy as did Shimei the son of Gera. Having once cursed David, Shimei bows before him.

 1 Kings 2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou [Shimei] goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

 2 Samuel 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. 62. A person can know what position they hold by divine design in the economy of life. With this realization comes responsibility and restraints.

65. It is possible for a person to know when they are violating the principles of grace as when Shimei violated the grace of King David, to his own peril. 1 Kings 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any wither, that thou shalt surely die? And thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

 2 Samuel 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

66. A person can know their need for the LORD to lead and guide them.

63. A person can know that certain information gathered will only inflame pride, and so they gather the data as David did in numbering the people of Israel.

 1 Kings 3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant [Solomon] king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

 2 Samuel 24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

67. A person can know the plague or inward corruption of his own heart.

From the Book of 1 Kings

 1 Kings 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

64. It is possible for a person to know the limitations of life and the

68. By witnessing the attitude and actions of another, a person may

know if an individual is truly a man of God or not.  1 Kings 17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. 69. A person can know when God has granted the gift of repentance to a person for the hearts of the people will return to keeping the law of the Lord and loving one another.

 2 Kings 5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 72. A person can become convinced by conversion there is but one God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Such a person was Naamam.

From the Book of 2 Kings

 2 Kings 5:15 And he [Naaman] returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

70. A person can know the day they will lose a loved one in the providence of God despite much sorrow of heart.

73. A person can know or discern what their enemies will think and do under certain conditions.

 2 Kings 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

 2 Kings 7:12 And the king [Jehoram, reigned 852 BC - 841 BC] arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

 1 Kings 18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

2 Kings 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 71. A person can know there is a prophet of God in the land.

74. A person can know the evil in the heart of others.  2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he [Elijah] answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of

Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 75. A person can known when disturbing information has been delivered.  2 Kings 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? Wherefore came this mad fellow [young prophet] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man [Elisha], and his communication. 76. A person can know the Word of God shall not fail.  2 Kings 10:10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. From the Book of 1 Chronicles 77. It is possible for some people to have political and social acumen in order to guide the affairs of a nation.  1 Chronicles 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. 78. The children of believing parents can know the God of their father.

 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 79. A person can know God will test hearts for the purpose of approval that He might have pleasure in righteousness. 80. 1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. From the Book of 2 Chronicles 81. A person can know the skills that exist in another nation.  2 Chronicles 2:8 Send me [Solomon] also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 82. A person can know their own personal sorrows and griefs through self awareness.  2 Chronicles 6:29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief,

and shall spread forth his hands in this house: 83. A person can know the reason for national enslavement and domination of by a foreign power.  2 Chronicles 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his [Shishak of Egypt, c. 945 BC - 924 BC] servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

84. A person can know the term “for ever” is used in a restricted way in Scripture to refer to the extent of the promise initially given.  2 Chronicles 13:5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 85. It is possible to know that individuals will not listen to godly counsel.  2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he [the prophet] talked with him [Amaziah, 796 BC - 767 BC], that the [ninth] king [of Judah] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.  2 Chronicles 32:13 Know ye not what I [Sennacherib king of Assyria], and my fathers have done

unto all the people of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? From the Book of Ezra 86. A person can know the historical record that surrounds a particular geographical location.  Ezra 4:15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. 87. A person can know the law of the Lord well enough to rule from it.  Ezra 7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. From the Book of Nehemiah 88. A person can know the deception and treachery the enemies of the church are plotting. As Christians are not to be ignorant of Satanic strategies (2 Cor. 2:11) so Christians watch the sons of Satan.  Nehemiah 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

From the Book of Esther

92. A person can know if the children will do well in life.

89. A person can know and should want to know about the welfare of loved ones.

 Job 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

 Esther 2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

93. The general lessons of life others have learned can be known

Esther 4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. 90. A person can know the meaning of the golden sceptre.  Esther 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. From the Book of Job 91. A person can know if their possessions are safe and secure.  Job 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [tent] shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

 Job 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. 94. A person can known doctrinal truth as Job acknowledged the words of his friends when they spoke.  Job 9:1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 95. A person may know God will not hold the guilty innocent.  Job 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 96. A person can know that God does not extract from them all of sin’s merit. In His judgments He shows mercy.  Job 11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. 97. A person can know that God Himself is unfathomable.  Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as

high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know ? 98. A person can know as much as another about God and spiritual matters.  Job 13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.  Job 15:9 [Job, asked Eliphaz the Temanite] What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

 Job 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 103.

A person can know they will die.

 Job 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. 104. A person can know better than to give flattering titles.  Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

99. A person can know if they are innocent or guilty in a given matter.

105. A person can know what is good and what is evil.

 Job 13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

 Job 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

100. A person can know there will be a resurrection from the dead.

106. A person can know one of God’s attributes is that of omnipotence.

 Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

 Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

101. A person can know there will be a Day of Judgment.

From the Book of Psalms

 Job 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.  Job 21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 102. A person can know if his friends believe in him or not.

107. A person can know how pleased the Lord is with the godly.  Psalms 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 108. To know someone’s name is to know their essence. A person can know the Lord God in an intimate way.

 Psalms 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.  Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 109. A person can know that the Lord God will save His anointed.  Psalms 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 110. A person can know if God has favored them.  Psalms 41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 111. Through divine discernment a person can know wisdom in the deepest part of their soul.  Psalms 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 112. A person can know if their enemies will be defeated because God is present and providing protection.  Psalms 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 113. The generation to come can know what the previous generation knew about the law of God.

 Psalms 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 114. A person can know they are divinely created and not the product of space plus time plus chance.  Psalms 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 115. A person can know the judgments are God are harsh but just.  Psalms 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 116. A person can know there is only one God and thereby establish the doctrine of monotheism.  Psalms 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 117. A person can know the Lord God will move to help the afflicted and the poor.  Psalms 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. 118. A person can know the frailty and futility of human friendship.  Psalms 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

From the Book of Proverbs 119. A person can know what is appropriate speech and what is not.  Proverbs 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. 119. A person can know the meaning of godly counsel written.  Proverbs 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? From the Book of Ecclesiastes 120. A person can know God works in the sphere of eternity and not time.  Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 121. A person can know the value of education.  Ecclesiastes 7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 122. A person can know it will be well with the righteous.

 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 123. A person can know the certain of a day of divine evaluation.  Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

From the Book of Isaiah 124. It is possible to know when national destruction is pending as a result of divine judgment.  Isaiah 9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 125. A person can know that times of prosperity are not the product of their labors per se but the results of divine provisions.  Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD

hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 126. A person may know that God alone exits. There was none before Him and there will be none after Him.  Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.  Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? Ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any.

 Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 129. A person can know how to speak to a person in a gracious manner in the hour of their need.  Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 130. A person can know there is no shame in doing what is right.

 Isaiah 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

 Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

127. A person can know that any comprehension of spiritual truth is a gift of divine grace.

131. A person can know what is right and what is right because the moral law is written in the heart.

 Isaiah 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

 Isaiah 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

128. A person can know that waiting on the Lord never brings them shame.

132. A person can know the name of God and that He still speaks to the person who cares to listen.  Isaiah 52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they

shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 133. A person can know what it is to delight in approaching God.  Isaiah 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

134. A person can know wickedness of their own hearts.

 Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 137. Through divine appointment a person can know the ways of others whether they be good or bad.  Jeremiah 6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

the

 Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; From the Book of Jeremiah 135. A person can know the bitterness of forsaking the Lord.  Jeremiah 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 136. By making a public search a person can know if there is a righteous person in the midst of a people.

138. A person can limitations of humans.

know

the

 Jeremiah 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 139. Through the spiritual gift of divine discernment a person will have special knowledge to know what others have done or are doing.  Jeremiah 11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.  Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 140. A person can know by divine pressure the name of the LORD.  Jeremiah 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I

will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.

of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

141. Through poverty and need many come to know the Lord.

144. A person can know God has spoken and still speaks to the human race.

 Jeremiah 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? Saith the LORD. 142. A person can know about and enter into a covenant of grace with the LORD.  Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.  Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.  Ezekiel 16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: 143. A person can know the repercussion of their evil actions so they are without excuse.  Jeremiah 26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for

 Jeremiah 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

145. A person can know when God speaks about specific situations in life.  Jeremiah 42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.  Jeremiah 42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.  Jeremiah 44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. 146. A person can know there are divine signs that God is acting in grace or in judgment.  Jeremiah 44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I

will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: From the Book of Ezekiel 147. A person can know if a prophet has been in their midst.  Ezekiel 2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 148. A person can know God keeps His word and does not lie.  Ezekiel 6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 149. A person can know they have been spared to testify to their abominations.  Ezekiel 12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; 151. A person can know and should know about the sins of their fathers.  Ezekiel 20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: 152. A person can know God is blessing a nation when He establishes them in a land.  Ezekiel 20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. 153. A person can know God is blessing a nation when He deals with the people on the basis of grace.  Ezekiel 20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

From the Book of Daniel 150. A person can know the meaning of current calamities from a divine perspective once a man of God has revealed them.  Ezekiel 17:12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king

154. A person can know they have dreamed a dream that is significant.  Daniel 2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

155. A person can know when the heart of another person is filled with false gods.

 Hosea 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

 Daniel 4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

 Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

156. By God’s grace the secret truths of the Lord can be known when revealed.  Daniel 7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.  Daniel 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. 157. It is possible for a person to know when a prophetic utterance and its completion is realized.  Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. From the Book of Hosea 158. A person can know they have been married to the Lord.

159. A person can know if they press on in holiness and spiritual matters they shall be rewarded.  Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.  Hosea 8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 160. A person can know understand Bible doctrine.

and

 Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

From the Book of Joel

From the Book of Micah

161. A person can know if the Lord is in the midst of His church.

164. A person can know the righteousness of God by remember the Lord’s past acts with His people.

 Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.  Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.  Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. From the Book of Jonah 162. Once people could discern the will of the Lord by the casting of lots. Today, God speaks to His people by His Spirit through His Word.  Jonah 1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 163. A person can know if they are the source for the suffering of others.  Jonah 1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

 Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. From the Book of Zechariah 165. A person can know by the power of effective gospel preaching and by the coming to pass of any prophetic utterance if a person has been sent of God.  Effective preaching. Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.  Prophecy fulfilled. Zechariah 4:9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.  Both elements combined. Zechariah 6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.

From the Book of Malachi 166. A person can know a specific commandment of God has been sent to the soul.  Malachi 2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

4. A person does not always know whom God will send to assist them in the work of the ministry.  Exodus 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

~*~ What a Person Does Not Know 1. A person does not know for certainty the day of their death.  Genesis 27:2 And he [Isaac] said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: 2. A person does not know how another individual will react to an honest responses to questions.  Genesis 43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have ye another brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 3. A person does not know how to worship the LORD properly until instructed.  Exodus 10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

5. Sometimes a person will not know to whom valuable property belongs. In such a situation the property is to be held and protected in a sacred trust until the rightful owner redeems it.  Deuteronomy 22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it [the valuable animal] unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 6. A person does not always know the motives or the heart of another person. Eliab was out of line when he pretended to know what compelled David to speak as he did to the soldiers of Israel.  1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

7. A person does not always know the secret dealings of God with His people.  1 Kings 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. 8. A person does not always know the outcome of a matter though he speaks with confidence and with certainty. The story of king Ahab of Israel and the situation in Ramoth confirms this truth.  1 Kings 22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? (Read the rest of the story in 1 Kings 22:4-38). 9. A person does not know how to resolve every major crisis that faces the nation.  2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

11. A person cannot fathom eternity or infinity.  Job 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 12. A person does not know how many days there are to live.  Psalms 71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. 13. Sometimes it is a great challenge trying to understand evil or injurious behavior and how the wicked prosper.  Psalms 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 14. A person will never understand the ways of a wicked woman apart from reflection.  Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest [unless] thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

10. No matter how much a person learns there is a sense in which it can be said they know nothing due to the brevity of life.

15. A person cannot know the way of an adulterous woman.

 Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

 Proverbs 30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a

ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 16. There are times when a person loses sight of spiritual realities and does not comprehend clearly the will of God. There is a sense of being overwhelmed by life or a given situation.  Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 17. A person cannot know the depths of deceitfulness of the human hearts. Hell is a bottomless pit because there are depths to sin which are deeper still.  Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 18. When sin saturates the soul a person cannot know the thoughts of the LORD nor understand His counsel.  Micah 4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

~*~ What a Person Can Presume to Know 1. A person can presume to know the mind of God and His motives as Job

demonstrates in one of his soliloquies. Job declares he knows God intended to create him in order to hurt him.  Job 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. 2. A person in the anguish of soul can presume to believe that God has completely overthrown them when the spiritual fact might be far different namely that God has come to test a soul in order to establish it in righteousness.  Job 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 3. A person can presume to know the simple course of nature and nature’s creatures, but even there such knowledge is beyond true comprehension.  Job 37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them [the works of creation], and caused the light of his cloud to shine?  Job 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?  Job 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

 Job 38:20 That thou shouldest take it [light and darkness] to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 4. A person can presume to know God’s political agenda for a nation.  Isaiah 19:12 Where are they? Where are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. 5. A person can presume to know the future.  Isaiah 41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 6. A person can presume to know various deities exist besides the Lord God. They are either self delusional or erroneously taught this belief illustrated by Mormon theology and the Hindu religion.  Jeremiah 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

7. A person can presume to be a prophet and speak for the Lord. A false prophet can be recognized by a failed message and by articulating information contrary to sound doctrine.  Ezekiel 13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

~*~

What the Unbeliever Can Know 1. The natural man can know facts and figures about the Lord by intuition and by empirically acquired knowledge.  Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. Exodus 7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know [Pharaoh] that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

Exodus 8:10 And he [Pharaoh] said [unto Moses], To morrow. And he [Moses] said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. Exodus 8:22 And I [the LORD] will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. Exodus 9:14 For I [the LORD] will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

2. Through empirical data the unbeliever can know the earth is the Lord’s. It is His by creation. It does not belong to man or devil.  Exodus 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I [Moses] will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's. 3. The unbeliever can know the hardening of his heart and the destruction of the wicked will serve the glory of God.  Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host;

that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. Exodus 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 4. The non-Christian can know the omnipotent power of God by hearing of the miracles He has performed.  Exodus 18:11 Now I [Jethro] know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

5. The unbeliever can know with certainty the reality of spiritual religious events that have become historical.  Joshua 4:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. 6. The unbeliever can know if the LORD God has been offended.  1 Samuel 6:9 And see, if it [the cattle driven cart] goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we [Philistines] shall know that is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us. Note. The story surrounding this even reveals the Philistine version of “putting out the fleece.” What is authentic in the Christian experience

is often counterfeited unconverted.

by

the

7. The unbeliever can know that God favors certain nations.  1 Samuel 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. On March 6, 1957 the African nation of Ghana gained its independence from Great Britain. The name Ghana is an acronym meaning G- God H – has A–a N – nation A – Ahead The new political leaders wanted people to know they believed God had favored them as a nation. 8. The unbeliever knows how to stalk a victim of their hostility.  1 Samuel 23:22 Go, I [Saul] pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his [David’s] place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly. 9. The unbeliever knows if they have been the object of grace and mercy from those who are righteous.  1 Samuel 24:11 Moreover, my father [King Saul], see, yea, see the skirt of

thy robe in my hand: for in that I [David] cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 10. The unbeliever can know or discern a general sense of direction about another person.  1 Samuel 24:20 And now, behold, I [King Saul] know well that thou [David] shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 11. The unbeliever knows what his next course of violent action will be as the efforts of the righteous are enlisted in an unrighteous cause. .  1 Samuel 28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 12. An unbeliever can know that certain structures are sacred and have been dedicated unto the LORD God and have been called into existence by His name.  1 Kings 8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

13. The unbeliever can know there is only one God and all other deities do not exist.  1 Kings 8:60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 14. The unbeliever can know themselves to be weak and not divine.  Psalms 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. 15. The unbeliever can know God has a covenant people He will protect.  Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 16. The unbeliever does not fully know the way of the Lord or the just judgment of God.  Jeremiah 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 17. The unbeliever can know God in some way but chooses not to. The unbeliever can know God as Creator and Law giver for even the heavens declare His glory.  Jeremiah 9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

18. An unbeliever can know when someone is stalling for time in order to feign knowledge by formulating an answer.  Daniel 2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 19. With divine illumination an unbeliever can know the secrets of the heart.  Daniel 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. 20. An unbeliever can know they are soon coming under divine judgment.  Daniel 4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 21. So wretched can the heart of the unbeliever become through violence and robbery he no longer knows Evil is normal.  Amos 3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. ~*~

What the Unbeliever Does not Know 1. The natural man does not know the Lord.  Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 2. The unbeliever does not know the outcome of a relationship based on the principle of righteousness  1 Samuel 20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 3. The unbeliever does not know the true heart or innermost character of another person, no one does.  1 Samuel 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

4. The non Christian does not know and cannot believe how terrible a matter it is to fall into the hands of the living God when He is moved to anger against a people.  2 Kings 17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria,

know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he [God] hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 5. The unbeliever does not comprehend the importance of the justice of God or His love for holiness.  Psalms 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6. The unbeliever does not know the wickedness over which they stumble.  Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 7. The unbeliever does not even know enough to be ashamed.  Isaiah 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 8. In the Day of Judgment the unbeliever will never know the ultimate origin of his clammily nor will he be able to anticipate the immediate instrument of source God will use. The events of December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 are historical examples of how judgment can come to a nation quickly and without warning.  Isaiah 47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief

shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 9. The unbeliever does not and cannot know the way of peace. The testimony of time and the lack of any ability to stop war is a testimony to this truth.  Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. 10. The unbeliever does not know God is the ultimate source of all blessings.  Hosea 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. ~*~ What a Person Can Pretend Not to Know 1. A person can pretend not to know the evil they have done.  Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 2. A person can pretend not to know individuals are worthy of being helped generously.  1 Samuel 25:11 Shall I [Nabal] then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

3. In order to avoid becoming involved a person can pretend not to know an unjust verdict has been passed on someone not worthy of execution.  Proverbs 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his works? 4. A person can pretend not to know the sufferings of the poor.  Proverbs 29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 5. A person can pretend to know there is no value in life or the creative acts of God.  Ecclesiastes 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 6. A person can pretend not to know they are morally polluted.  Jeremiah 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; ~*~

What a Person Can Ask to Know 1. A person can ask to know what God has promised as an inheritance.  Genesis 15:8 And he [Abram] said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 2. A person can pray and ask the Lord to know Him in an intimate way.  Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 3. A person can ask to know the Lord’s will in a specific matter.  Numbers 22:19 Now therefore, I [Balaam] pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. 4. A person can ask how to know the true Word, which the LORD has spoken.  Deuteronomy 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? Such a prayer will be answered and the answer is this: fruit follows truth. Deuteronomy 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it

presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. 5. A person can ask for divine counsel regarding whether or not to proceed in a certain course of action.  Judges 18:5 And they said unto him [the Levite], Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6. A person can wait and ask to know what God will do for them.  1 Samuel 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 7. A person can ask that others may come to know the LORD God only.  2 Kings 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I [Hezekiah] beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. 8. A person can ask to know their iniquities and sin.  Job 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. 9. A person can ask to know why God is placing them through the dark night of the soul.  Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint

bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 10. A person can ask to know how frail they are.  Psalms 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 11. A person can ask God to reveal Himself in His wrath to the enemies of the church through military defeat, national calamities and a premature death.  Psalms 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 12. A person can inquire with wonder into the mystery of divine omniscience.  Psalms 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the most High? 13. A person can ask to have spiritual understanding.  Psalms 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

14. A person can ask God to search the heart.  Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 15. A person can plead with God to be caused to walk in the paths of righteousness.  Psalms 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

~*~ What God the Father Knows 1. God knows when a person has violated His revealed will as when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit.  Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 2. God knows the disposition, heart and future of individuals such as Abraham.  Genesis 18:19 For I know him [Abraham], that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

3. God knows about the sin that takes place in cities such as Sodom and Gomorrah.  Genesis 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 4. God knows when a person has not sinned.  Genesis 20:6 And God said unto him [Abimelech] in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 5. God knows when a person truly fears Him.  Genesis 22:12 And he [God] said [unto Abraham], Lay not thine hand upon the lad [Isaac], neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 6. God knows the suffering of His people.  Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;  Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

7. God knows the natural strengths and weakness of each individual.  Exodus 4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 8. God knows how to treat individuals based on their response to His call to repent.  Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 9. God knows individuals by name.  Exodus 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 11. God knows the economic strength of a nation.  Deuteronomy 3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; 12. God knows the present as well as the future evil imaginations of the heart.

One divine remedy to arrest sin in the soul is to sing a song.  Deuteronomy 31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 13. The LORD God knows if His people are in a state of rebellion or transgression.  Joshua 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 14. The LORD knows His servants and how to move in such a way they in turn know Him.  2 Samuel 7:20-21 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 15. God knows the rage of men that is directed against Him.

providential circumstances in their lives. In any given matter there is the action and the reaction. God is often interested in the reaction to the pressures of life which make a person either better or bitter.  2 Chronicles 32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him [Hezekiah], to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 17. God knows the integrity of a particular heart  Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 18. God knows His own creation.  Psalms 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 19. God knows the hatred people harbor against Him in their hearts.  Isaiah 37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 20. God knows the works as well as the thoughts of nations.

 2 Kings 19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

 Isaiah 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

16. God knows the heart of a person by observing their response to His

21. God knows the injustices His people suffer.

 Jeremiah 15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 22. God knows His own mind. There is a divine self-awareness.

 Ezekiel 11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

~*~ What God the Son Knows

 Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

23. God knows specific acts of evil such as adultery, lies spoken, unjustified anger, the taking of a bribe and the turning away of the poor.  Jeremiah 29:23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.  Jeremiah 48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.  Amos 5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 24. God knows the thoughts eventually come into the mind.

will

1. In His humanity Immanuel knew how to choose the good and refuse the evil.  Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Addendum  Tetragrammaton. This word means literally, having four letters. It is derived from tetra- + grammat-, gramma. The four Hebrew letters usually transliterated JHVH or YHWH form a biblical tetragammaton and thus the proper name of God which is translated in the KJV as JEHOVAH but should probably be translated, YAHWEH. This special name for God is placed in capital letters, LORD in the Authorized Version. The name itself speaks of the self-existent, Eternal One.  Putting out the Fleece. In Judges 6 the story is told of Gideon putting out a fleece to discern the will of the

Lord. The question arises as to whether or not Christians today should use the concept of “putting out the fleece” as a way to know the will of God. I would discourage this approach to knowing the will of God and look rather to the principles, promises and precepts in the completed cannon of Scripture for divine guidance combined with prayer and providential circumstances. James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. An arbitrary and subjective test may or may not fully reveal the mind of the Lord in a given matter. ~*~