Bible Verses About Confrontation with God

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also.

And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.