'Word of God' in the Bible

As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us. When he has passed, you stand here {a while}, so that I can make known to you [the] word of God."

The counsel that Ahithophel gave in those days [was] regarded as when a man inquired of the word of God, so all the counsel of Ahithophel [was esteemed] both by David and by Absalom.

Then the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of God came, saying, "Israel shall be your name."

And it happened that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Every word of God [is] flawless; he [is] a shield for him who takes refuge in him.

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

[thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him and hearing the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

Now the parable means this: the seed is the word of God,

But he answered [and] said to them, "These are my mother and my brothers--the ones who hear the word of God and do [it].

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"

If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came--and the scripture cannot be broken--

And [when] they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

So the twelve summoned the community of disciples [and] said, "It is not desirable [that] we neglect the word of God to serve tables.

And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying the faith.

Now [when] the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had accepted the word of God.

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

And [when they] came to Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John [as] assistant.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul [and] wished to hear the word of God.

Both Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly [and] said, "It was necessary [that] the word of God be spoken first to you, since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life! Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles!

So he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,

Or has the word of God gone out from you, or has it come to you only?

For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives--but as from God--we speak before God in Christ.

but we have renounced shameful hidden things, not behaving with craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but with the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person's conscience before God.

and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.

For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age,

By faith we understand the worlds were created by the word of God, in order that what is seen did not come into existence from what is visible.

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.

[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

For [when] they maintain this, it escapes [their] notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,

I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

who testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw.

I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,

And [he was] dressed in an outer garment dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.

And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.