14 Bible Verses about Literacy

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and He went, according to His custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

he was also returning, and, sitting on his chariot, was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Happy is he that reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written therein; for the time is near.

And, after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if there is among you any word of exhortation for the people, speak."

For we write no other things to you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge to the end;

respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

And, when the letter may be read among you, cause that it be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read the one from Laodicea.

I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brethren.

Until I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching.

I, Tertius, who write the epistle, salute you in the Lord.

And, again stooping down, He was writing with His finger on the ground.

And, asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they all marveled.

This title, therefore, many of the Jews read; because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, in Greek.

We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas; themselves also reporting the same things to you by word of mouth.