27 Bible Verses about The scriptures

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the chief of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

For I delivered to you first, that which I also received, That Christ died for our sins,

Search the scriptures: in them ye think ye have eternal life: and it is they that testify of me.

To him give all the prophets witness, that every one who believeth in him, shall receive forgiveness of sins through his name.

For he earnesty debated with the Jews in publick, shewing by the scriptures, that Jesus was the Christ.

And that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus.

But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Then Jesus saith to him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Jesus said to him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

Therefore whosoever heareth these my sayings, and doth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock: And the rain descended,

But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves:

Men, brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spake before by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.

For prophecy never came by the will of man, but the holy men of God spake being moved by the Holy Ghost.

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith) To day,

And he answering said to them, My mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of God and keep it.

I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou hast given them me, and they have kept thy word.

But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

But some said, Doth Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?

And have ye not read this scripture? The stone which the builders rejected, is become the head of the corner?

But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, he will speak; and he will shew you things to come.

But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man which is in him? So the things of God also knoweth no one, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things which are freely given to us of God. read more.
Which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, explaining spiritual things by spiritual words. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit; for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Now all these things happened to them for examples, and they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are come.

That as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

For it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the tree of life, and the holy city, which are written in this book.

for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all the things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.

But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken, they are spirit and they are life.

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

And we have the word of prophecy more confirmed, to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a lamp that shone in a dark place, till the day should dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

And that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Which he had promised before, by his prophets in the holy scriptures,

and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Therefore laying aside all the filthiness and superfluity of wickedness, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves: For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass.

That he might sanctify it (having cleansed it by the washing of water) through the word:

Sanctify them thro' the truth: thy word is truth.

That he might sanctify it (having cleansed it by the washing of water) through the word:

Now ye are pure thro' the word which I have spoken to you.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction, that we, through patience and consolation of the scriptures, may have hope.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction, that we, through patience and consolation of the scriptures, may have hope.

Sanctify them thro' the truth: thy word is truth.

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, neither knowing him, nor the sayings of the prophets, which are read very sabbath-day, have fulfilled them, in condemning him.

For in the resurrection,

Much every way; chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him minister as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be glorified thro' Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the might for ever and ever. Amen.

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder both of the soul and spirit, both of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.

These were more ingenuous than those of Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, and daily searching the scriptures, whether those things were so?

But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

But whoso looketh diligently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and continueth therein, this man being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word, this man shall be happy in his doing.

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded tho' one rose from the dead.

Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, even because when ye received the word of God from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, who likewise effectually worketh in you that believe.

Search the scriptures: in them ye think ye have eternal life: and it is they that testify of me.

They answered and said to him, Art thou also a Galilean?

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, even because when ye received the word of God from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, who likewise effectually worketh in you that believe.

I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man add to them, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the tree of life, and the holy city, which are written in this book.

For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

Which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, explaining spiritual things by spiritual words.

not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully corrupting the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

All scripture is inspired of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.

And we have the word of prophecy more confirmed, to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a lamp that shone in a dark place, till the day should dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: Knowing this before that no scripture prophecy is of any private interpretation. For prophecy never came by the will of man, but the holy men of God spake being moved by the Holy Ghost.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,

And that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus.

All scripture is inspired of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder both of the soul and spirit, both of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

As also in all his epistles, speaking therein of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him minister as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be glorified thro' Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the might for ever and ever. Amen.

Knowing this before that no scripture prophecy is of any private interpretation.

But now made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God,

and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

And he said to them, Full well ye abolish the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whoso revileth father or mother, he shall surely die. But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me: he shall be free. read more.
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Abrogating the word of God by your traditions which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, to them who stumble, not believing the word, whereunto also they were appointed.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction, that we, through patience and consolation of the scriptures, may have hope.

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified.

But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life thro' his name.

Therefore laying aside all the filthiness and superfluity of wickedness, receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

These were more ingenuous than those of Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, and daily searching the scriptures, whether those things were so?

But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves:

Which he had promised before, by his prophets in the holy scriptures,

These were more ingenuous than those of Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, and daily searching the scriptures, whether those things were so?

Then opened he their understanding,

Much every way; chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them the things in all the scriptures, concerning himself.

and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.