27 Bible Verses about Inscriptions

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Matthew 22:20-21

And he said unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" They said unto him, "Caesar's." Then said he unto them, "Give therefore to Caesar, that which is Caesar's: and give unto God, that which is God's."

Mark 12:16-17

And they brought him one. And he said unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" And they said unto him, "Caesar's." And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Then give to Caesar that which belongeth to Caesar: and give to God that which pertaineth to God." And they marveled at him.

Luke 20:24-25

Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?" They answered and said, "Caesar's." And he said unto them, "Give then unto Caesar, that which belongeth unto Cesar: And to God, that which pertaineth to God."

Acts 17:23

For as I passed by and beheld the manner how ye worship your gods, I found an altar wherein was written, Unto the unknown God. Whom ye then ignorantly worship, him show I unto you:

Zechariah 14:20-21

At that time shall the riding gear of the horses be holy unto the LORD, and the kettles in the LORD's house shall be like the basins before the altar: yea all the kettles in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of Hosts: and all they that slay offerings, shall come and take of them, and dight them therein. And at that time there shall be no more Cananites in the house of the LORD.

Exodus 39:30

And they made the plate of the holy crown of fine gold, and wrote upon it with graven work, "The holiness of the LORD,"

Isaiah 30:8

Now therefore, go thy way; and write them this before them in a table, and note it in a book: that it may finally remain and be kept still forever.

Job 19:23-24

O that my words were written, O that they were put in a book: would God they were graven with an iron pen in lead or in stone.

Jeremiah 17:1

your sin, O ye of the tribe of Judah, is written in the table of your hearts, and graven so upon the edges of your altars with a pen of iron and with an adamant claw:

Exodus 31:18

And when the LORD had made an end of communing with Moses upon the mount Sinai, he gave him two tables of witness: which were of stone and written with the finger of God.

Exodus 32:15-16

And Moses turned his back and went down from the hill, and the two tables of witness in his hand: which were written on both the leaves and were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tables.

Deuteronomy 9:10

And the LORD delivered me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and in them was according to all the words which the LORD said unto you in the mount out of the fire in the day when the people were gathered together.

Daniel 5:5

In the very same hour there appeared fingers, as it had been of a man's hand writing, right over against the candlestick upon the plain wall in the king's palace: and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.

Zechariah 3:9

for lo, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon one stone shall be seven eyes. Behold, I will hew him out, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and take away the sin of that land in one day.

Daniel 5:25

And this is the scripture that is written up, 'Mene, Tekel, Phares.'

Daniel 5:15

Now have there been brought me, wise and conjuring charmers, to read this writing, and to show me the meaning thereof: but they could not tell me, what this matter signified.

Daniel 5:7

Wherefore the king cried mightily, that they should bring him the charmers, Chaldeans, and the conjurers of devils. The king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, and said, "Whoso can read this writing, and show me the plain meaning thereof: shall be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about his neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

Daniel 5:16

Then heard I say, that thou can expound dark things, and declare hard doubts. Well then, if thou can read this writing, and show me the meaning thereof: thou shalt be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about thy neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

Daniel 5:17

Daniel answered, and said before the king, "As for thy rewards, keep them to thyself, or give thy rich gifts to another: yet not the less, I will read the writing unto the king, and show him the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 5:24

Therefore is the palm of this hand sent hither from him, to token up this writing.

Matthew 22:20

And he said unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?"

Mark 12:16

And they brought him one. And he said unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" And they said unto him, "Caesar's."

Luke 20:24

Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."

John 19:19

And Pilate wrote his title, and put it on the cross: The writing was, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."

From Thematic Bible


Inscriptions » Above jesus at the crucifixion

John 19:19

And Pilate wrote his title, and put it on the cross: The writing was, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."

Inscriptions » Precepts written on door posts and gates, and worn on the hand and forehead

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt whet them on thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way; and when thou liest down and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand. And they shall be papers of remembrance between thine eyes, read more.
and shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and upon thy gates.

Isaiah 57:8

Behind the doors and posts, hast thou set up thy remembrance: When thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, when thou wentest down and made thy bed wider, when thou didst carve the certain of yonder Idols, and lovedest their couches, where thou sawest them.

Deuteronomy 11:18-20

Put up, therefore, these my words in your hearts and in your souls, and bind them for a sign unto your hands, and let them be as papers of remembrance between your eyes, and teach them your children: so that thou talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up: yea, and write them upon the doorposts of thine house and upon thy gates,

Inscriptions » Holiness » to the lord » Engraved » High priest

Exodus 39:30

And they made the plate of the holy crown of fine gold, and wrote upon it with graven work, "The holiness of the LORD,"

Exodus 28:36

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave thereon, as signets are graven, 'The holiness of the LORD,'

Inscriptions » Holiness » to the lord » Engraved » Horses » Bells

Zechariah 14:20

At that time shall the riding gear of the horses be holy unto the LORD, and the kettles in the LORD's house shall be like the basins before the altar:

Inscriptions » On gravestones

2 Kings 23:17

Then the king said, "What meaneth yonder grave stone that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah and openly denounced the selfsame things that thou hast done to the altar of Bethel."

Inscriptions » This is jesus, the king of the jews,

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