34 Bible Verses about The scriptures

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

May Your faithful love comfort me
as You promised Your servant.

ד DaletMy life is down in the dust;
give me life through Your word.

ו VavLet Your faithful love come to me, Lord,
Your salvation, as You promised.

I am weary from grief;
strengthen me through Your word.

ת TavLet my cry reach You, Lord;
give me understanding according to Your word.

While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively to the book of the law.

so you must go and read from the scroll—which you wrote at my dictation—the words of the Lord in the hearing of the people at the temple of the Lord on a day of fasting. You must also read them in the hearing of all the Judeans who are coming from their cities.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

when all Israel assembles in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel. Gather the people-men, women, children, and foreigners living within your gates-so that they may listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law. Then their children who do not know [the law] will listen and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."

מ MemHow I love Your instruction!
It is my meditation all day long.

I obey Your decrees
and love them greatly.

ס SamekI hate those who are double-minded,
but I love Your instruction.

Consider how I love Your precepts;
Lord, give me life according to Your faithful love.

For I passed on to you as most important what I also received:

that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,

You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.

All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

ה HeTeach me, Lord, the meaning of Your statutes,
and I will always keep them.

Teach me good judgment and discernment,
for I rely on Your commands.

Lord, may You be praised; teach me Your statutes. With my lips I proclaim all the judgments from Your mouth.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;
I put my hope in Your word.

כ KafI long for Your salvation;
I put my hope in Your word.

Those who fear You will see me and rejoice,
for I put my hope in Your word.

Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.

Your word is completely pure,
and Your servant loves it.

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only Him.”

Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

I have more insight than all my teachers
because Your decrees are my meditation.

I am awake through each watch of the night
to meditate on Your promise.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible 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 that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

Today, if you hear His voice,

In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials-Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah-to teach in the cities of Judah. The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites. They taught throughout Judah, [having] the book of the Lord's instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, who were Levites, explained the law to the people as they stood in their places. They read the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.

These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.

“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.

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

But He replied to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

I have revealed Your name
to the men You gave Me from the world.
They were Yours, You gave them to Me,
and they have kept Your word.

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David once lived?”

Haven’t you read this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the commands of the Lord your God I am giving you.

You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.

Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.

At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak whatever He hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.

Now God has revealed them to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the concerns of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the concerns of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, in order to know what has been freely given to us by God. read more.
We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. But the natural man does not welcome what comes from God's Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to know it since it is evaluated spiritually.

In addition, Your servant is warned by them;
there is great reward in keeping them.

Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

in order that, as it is written: The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes.

Search and read the scroll of the Lord:
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because He has ordered it by my mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.

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

I rejoice over Your promise
like one who finds vast treasure.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book.

Then I said, “See, I have come;
it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.

For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.

While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively to the book of the law.

He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

He 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 produces life.

So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures—

Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil excess, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you. But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror;

to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.

Sanctify them by the truth;
Your word is truth.

This is my comfort in my affliction:
Your promise has given me life.

I will never forget Your precepts,
for You have given me life through them.

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

שׂ Sin/ שׁ ShinPrinces have persecuted me without cause,
but my heart fears only Your word.

to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

The precepts of the Lord are right,
making the heart glad;
the command of the Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.

I have Your decrees as a heritage forever;
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

ז ZayinRemember Your word to Your servant;
You have given me hope through it.

My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

Sanctify them by the truth;
Your word is truth.

The entirety of Your word is truth,
and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him.

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the spoken words of God.

If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

since you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,
children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works—this person will be blessed in what he does.

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes. Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue ruling many years over Israel.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.

“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book.

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: This is what the Lord says: You have burned the scroll, saying: Why have you written on it: The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without man or beast? Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David's throne, and his corpse will be thrown out [to be exposed] to the heat of day and the frost of night. I will punish him, his descendants, and his officers for their wrongdoing. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the disaster, which I warned them about but they did not listen."

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. First of all, you should know this: no prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.

Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,

The revelation of Your words brings light
and gives understanding to the inexperienced.

I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust
because they do not keep Your word.

Make my steps steady through Your promise;
don’t let any sin dominate me.

I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust
because they do not keep Your word.

נ NunYour word is a lamp for my feet
and a light on my path.

How sweet Your word is to my taste—
sweeter than honey in my mouth.

My tongue sings about Your promise,
for all Your commands are righteous.

No one has the courage to support me against them except Michael, your prince. However, I will tell you what is recorded in the book of truth.

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Search and read the scroll of the Lord:
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because He has ordered it by my mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

He speaks about these things in all his letters in which there are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and snared.
They have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom do they really have?

If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

I have treasured Your word in my heart
so that I may not sin against You.

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

My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Then I can answer the one who taunts me,
for I trust in Your word.

First of all, you should know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation,

but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all nations—

all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel.

Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

ב BetHow can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping Your word.

They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey,
which comes from the honeycomb.

He also said to them, "You completely invalidate God's command in order to maintain your tradition! For Moses said: Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death. But you say, 'If a man tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit you might have received from me is Corban ' " (that is, a gift [committed to the temple]), read more.
"you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. You revoke God's word by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other similar things."

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A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

Concerning what people do:
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

“And now I commit you to God and to the message of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined 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 long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures—

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the spoken words of God.

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
more than my daily food.

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.