16 Bible Verses about Reading Other Matter

Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

When they read it aloud, the people rejoiced at its encouragement.

And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well.

I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

So all the king's wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its interpretation to the king.

Now the wise men and astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message.

The king called out loudly to summon the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple and have a golden collar placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

But Daniel replied to the king, "Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its interpretation.

However, I have heard that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ruler in the kingdom."

Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king's presence,

The letter you sent to us has been translated and read in my presence.

Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.

Or when they hand the scroll to one who can't read and say, "Read this," he says, "I can't read."