42 Bible Verses about Reading The Bible

Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.

By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.

And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates:

Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:

Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.

In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.

The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,