63 Bible Verses about Writing

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Jeremiah 30:2

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Write down on a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you,

Luke 1:3

It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable Theophilus,

Deuteronomy 31:24

When Moses had finished writing down on a scroll every single word of this law,

Joshua 24:26

Joshua recorded these things in the book of the law of God; he also took a large stone and set it up there under the oak next to the sanctuary of the Lord.

2 Kings 23:21

The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the Lord your God as written in the book of the covenant.”

1 Kings 11:41

The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and his wisdom, are written in the Book of Solomon’s Events.

2 Kings 12:19

The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

1 Chronicles 29:29

As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, note that they are written in the Events of Samuel the Seer, the Events of Nathan the Prophet, and the Events of Gad the Seer,

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

Nehemiah 9:38

In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement in writing on a sealed document containing the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.

Deuteronomy 24:1

“If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

Mark 10:4

They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”

2 Samuel 11:14

The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

Romans 16:22

I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Colossians 4:18

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

1 Kings 21:8-11

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. In the letters, she wrote:

Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people. Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king!” Then take him out and stone him to death. read more.
The men of his city, the elders and nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had commanded them, as was written in the letters she had sent them.

Galatians 6:11

Look at what large letters I use as I write to you in my own handwriting.

2 Peter 3:1

Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to develop a genuine understanding with a reminder,

Exodus 32:15-16

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides—inscribed front and back. The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.

Deuteronomy 27:2-3

At the time you cross the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up large stones and cover them with plaster. Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Job 19:24

or were inscribed in stone forever
by an iron stylus and lead!

Numbers 17:2-3

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man’s name on his staff. Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.

Deuteronomy 6:9

Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Zechariah 14:20

On that day, the words

HOLY TO THE LORD

will be on the bells of the horses. The pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sprinkling basins before the altar.

Daniel 5:5-8

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing, his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together. The king called out to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around his neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.” read more.
So all the king’s wise men came in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.

Habakkuk 2:2

The Lord answered me:

Write down this vision;
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.

Luke 1:63

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote:

HIS NAME IS JOHN.

And they were all amazed.

Deuteronomy 17:18

When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Exodus 17:14

The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.”

Numbers 5:23

“Then the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

Job 19:23

I wish that my words were written down,
that they were recorded on a scroll

Isaiah 8:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Jeremiah 36:18

Baruch said to them, “At his dictation. He recited all these words to me while I was writing on the scroll in ink.”

Jeremiah 51:60

Jeremiah wrote on one scroll about all the disaster that would come to Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.

Ezekiel 9:2-3

And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a war club in his hand. There was another man among them, clothed in linen, with writing equipment at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar. Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherub where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man clothed in linen with the writing equipment at his side.

Ezekiel 9:11

Then the man clothed in linen with the writing equipment at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded me.”

Exodus 34:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Psalm 87:6

When He registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”Selah

John 8:6

They asked this to trap Him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger.

Jeremiah 31:33

“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

Hebrews 10:16

This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws on their hearts
and write them on their minds,

Romans 2:15

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

Proverbs 7:3

Tie them to your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written
with an iron stylus.
With a diamond point
it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars,

2 Corinthians 3:2

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

Genesis 5:1

These are the family records of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;

Deuteronomy 31:19

Therefore write down this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the Israelites.

Joshua 18:4

Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.

2 Chronicles 35:4

“Organize your ancestral houses by your divisions according to the written instruction of David king of Israel and that of his son Solomon.

Psalm 102:18

This will be written for a later generation,
and a newly created people will praise the Lord:

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Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;
another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
still another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’
and name himself by the name of Israel.”

Galatians 6:11

Look at what large letters I use as I write to you in my own handwriting.

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Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 31:33

“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Proverbs 7:3

Tie them to your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

Topics on Writing

God Writing With His Finger

Deuteronomy 9:10

On the day of the assembly the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by God’s finger. The exact words were on them, which the Lord spoke to you from the fire on the mountain.

Not Writing

2 John 1:12

Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to be with you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

Writing Letters

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

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

Writing On Objects

Deuteronomy 6:9

Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Writing On People

Jeremiah 31:33

“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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