16 Bible Verses about Reading Other Matter

And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.

And after reading it, they were glad of its comfort.

And when this letter has been made public among you, let the same be done in the church of Laodicea; and see that you have the letter from Laodicea.

I give orders in the name of the Lord that all the brothers are to be present at the reading of this letter.

Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:

The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.

And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.