What Does the Bible Say About Memorization?

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

John 15:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Revelation 1:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Colossians 2:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 1:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

2 Timothy 3:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Leviticus 27:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord.

Psalm 37:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

Psalm 49:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

Proverbs 20:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Leviticus 26:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

Romans 10:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 14:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

2 Timothy 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Romans 15:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 23:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 8:3-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,

45 Bible Verses about Memorization

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 27:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 49:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 20:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 26:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 23:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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