34 Bible Verses about The scriptures

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant.

My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!

Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise;

My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!

Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!

And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the LORD's house you shall read the words of the LORD from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities.

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it."

when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.

My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.

I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.

Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.

I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.

My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.

Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.

But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"

Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram. And they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the LORD with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

"I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

Have you not read this Scripture: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you.

"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.

See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. read more.
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them,

Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them."

And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation--

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.

My eyes long for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD;

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'

And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, 'Thus says the LORD, You have burned this scroll, saying, "Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?" Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night. And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the people of Judah all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.'"

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.

Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.

I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.

But I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth: there is none who contends by my side against these except Michael, your prince.

Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?

whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

My eyes long for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"

then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word.

knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.

but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith--

And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel.

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation--

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)-- read more.
then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."

and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.