62 Bible Verses about Writing

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Jeremiah 30:2

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Put down in a book all the words which I have said to you.

Luke 1:3

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

Deuteronomy 31:24

Now after writing all the words of this law in a book till the record of them was complete,

Joshua 24:26

And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.

2 Kings 23:21

And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it says in this book of the law

1 Kings 11:41

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

2 Kings 12:19

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

1 Chronicles 29:29

Now all the acts of David, first and last, are recorded in the words of Samuel the seer, and the words of Nathan the prophet, and the words of Gad the seer;

2 Chronicles 35:25

And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

Deuteronomy 24:1

If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

Mark 10:4

And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

2 Samuel 11:14

Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

Romans 16:22

I, Tertius, who have done the writing of this letter, send love in the Lord.

Colossians 4:18

I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.

1 Kings 21:8-11

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth. And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people; And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.read more.
So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

Galatians 6:11

See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

2 Peter 3:1

My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

Exodus 32:15-16

Then Moses came down the mountain with the two stones of the law in his hand; the stones had writing on their two sides, on the front and on the back. The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.

Deuteronomy 27:2-3

And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste, And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

Job 19:24

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

Numbers 17:2-3

Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod. And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.

Deuteronomy 6:9

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

Zechariah 14:20

On that day all the bells of the horses will be holy to the Lord, and the pots in the Lord's house will be like the basins before the altar.

Daniel 5:5-8

In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing. Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking. The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.read more.
Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

Habakkuk 2:2

And the Lord gave me an answer, and said, Put the vision in writing and make it clear on stones, so that the reader may go quickly.

Luke 1:63

And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

Deuteronomy 17:18

And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

Revelation 1:11

Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

Exodus 17:14

And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.

Numbers 5:23

And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

Job 19:23

If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

Isaiah 8:1

And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

Jeremiah 36:18

Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.

Jeremiah 51:60

And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.

Ezekiel 9:2-3

And six men came from the way of the higher doorway looking to the north, every man with his axe in his hand: and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's inkpot at his side. And they went in and took their places by the brass altar. And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the winged ones on which it was resting, to the doorstep of the house. And crying out to the man clothed in linen who had the writer's inkpot at his side,

Ezekiel 9:11

Then the man clothed in linen, who had the inkpot at his side, came back and said, I have done what you gave me orders to do.

Exodus 34:1

And the Lord said to Moses, Make two other stones like the first two; and I will put on them the words which were on the first stones, which were broken by you.

Psalm 87:6

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

John 8:6

They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

Hebrews 10:16

This is the agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said,

Romans 2:15

Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

Proverbs 7:3

Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:

2 Corinthians 3:2

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

Deuteronomy 31:19

Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Joshua 18:4

Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.

2 Chronicles 35:4

And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

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Isaiah 44:5

One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

Galatians 6:11

See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

Writing » On the heart

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Proverbs 7:3

Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

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God Writing With His Finger

Deuteronomy 9:10

And the Lord gave me the two stones with writing on them done by the finger of God: on them were recorded all the words which the Lord said to you on the mountain out of the heart of the fire, on the day of the great meeting.

Not Writing

2 John 1:12

Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

Writing Letters

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

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

Writing On Objects

Deuteronomy 6:9

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

Writing On People

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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