Melachim B 3:11

Verse 11. But faith from charity suggests that application for guidance should be made to the Lord through the Word, if, indeed, the corrupted man is willing; but he is only so externally, since he perceives from doctrine that the Word, in the letter, is from Divine Truth which is the judgment of the Lord; and that it expresses the fulness and power of Divine Truth, in purifying the soul;