28 Bible Verses about Literacy

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2 Kings 19:14

And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah.

2 Kings 5:7

And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel's reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this one is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.'

2 Kings 23:2

and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 8:2

And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,

Jeremiah 29:29

And Zephaniah the priest readeth this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 51:61

And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, 'When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,

Luke 4:16

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

Acts 8:28

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

Acts 13:15

and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 'Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people -- say on.'

2 Corinthians 1:13

for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

Ephesians 3:4

in regard to which ye are able, reading it, to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

Colossians 4:16

and when the epistle may be read with you, cause that also in the assembly of the Laodiceans it may be read, and the epistle from Laodicea that ye also may read;

1 Thessalonians 5:27

I charge you by the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;

2 Kings 22:8-10

And Hilkiah the high priest saith unto Shaphan the scribe, 'A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;' and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan, and he readeth it. And Shaphan the scribe cometh in unto the king, and bringeth the king back word, and saith, 'Thy servants have poured out the silver that hath been found in the house, and give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the inspectors, in the house of Jehovah.' And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, 'A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth it before the king.

Ezra 4:18

The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

Jeremiah 36:4

And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.

Romans 16:22

I Tertius salute you (who wrote the letter) in the Lord;

Nehemiah 9:38

And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed are our heads, our Levites, our priests.'

John 8:8

and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,

Deuteronomy 31:24-26

And it cometh to pass, when Moses finisheth to write the words of this law on a book till their completion, that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, 'Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;

Joshua 18:9

And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Shiloh.

1 Chronicles 28:19

The whole is in writing from the hand of Jehovah, 'He caused me to understand all the work of the pattern,' said David.

Luke 1:63

and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

John 19:20

this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman.

Acts 15:27

we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.

Isaiah 29:12

And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I have not known books.'

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