What Does the Bible Say About Reading The Word Of God?

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 121 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.

Romans 15:4 ESV / 121 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.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 120 helpful votes

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

Mark 13:31 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

John 1:1 ESV / 75 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 71 helpful votes

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

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 66 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.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 63 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Psalm 119:18 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 36 helpful votes

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 34 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.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 27 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. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

Revelation 19:11-13 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 22 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

John 8:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Job 23:12 ESV / 19 helpful votes

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

John 8:31 ESV / 17 helpful votes

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes

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

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Psalm 19:7-12 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. ...

1 Timothy 4:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

John 20:31 ESV / 13 helpful votes

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Acts 20:32 ESV / 12 helpful votes

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Mark 1:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,

Deuteronomy 6:6-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

John 20:10-18 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Then the disciples went back to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ...

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

Romans 8:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 3:16 ESV / 6 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.

Psalm 119:98-100 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.

Job 2:1-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” ...

Genesis 1:1-50:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Acts 20:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Deuteronomy 1:1-34:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them, after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, ...

40 Bible Verses about Reading The Word Of God

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 121 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:4 ESV / 121 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 120 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 13:31 ESV / 84 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1 ESV / 75 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 71 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 66 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 63 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 47 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:18 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 43 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 34 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 19:11-13 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:17 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 23:12 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:3 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:31 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 19:7-12 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 20:31 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:32 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 6:6-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 20:10-18 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:98-100 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 2:1-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1-50:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 1:1-34:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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