34 Bible Verses about The scriptures

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant.

(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

(Vav) May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised.

I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

(Tav) Listen to my cry for help, O Lord! Give me insight by your word!

So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast in the Lord's temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll.

After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it."

when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing. Gather the people -- men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages -- so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law. Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."

(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.

I keep your rules; I love them greatly.

(Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.

See how I love your precepts! O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

(He) Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually.

Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable.

You deserve praise, O Lord! Teach me your statutes! With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.

(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.

Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, for I find hope in your word.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it!

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

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your rules.

My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

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

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

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

"Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas -- who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus --

for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

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. They were accompanied by the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, and by the priests Elishama and Jehoram. They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the scroll of the law of the Lord. They traveled to all the cities of Judah and taught the people.

Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah -- all of whom were Levites -- were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing. They read from the book of God's law, explaining it and imparting insight. Thus the people gained understanding from what was read.

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

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

"I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.

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

Don't the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you.

You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!

Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God. read more.
And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

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

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

It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out.

Carefully read the scroll of the Lord! Not one of these creatures will be missing, none will lack a mate. For the Lord has issued the decree, and his own spirit gathers them.

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

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

Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."

So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.

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

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.

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

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

/ (Sin/Shin) Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

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

The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

(Zayin) Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

Your instructions are totally reliable; all your just regulations endure.

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

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

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

For these are rebellious people -- they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law.

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

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

But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out -- he will be blessed in what he does.

He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.'

It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out. Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

They replied, "You aren't from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!"

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in 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 this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.

Tell King Jehoiakim of Judah, 'The Lord says, "You burned the scroll. You asked Jeremiah, 'How dare you write in this scroll that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and wipe out all the people and animals on it?'" So the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, "None of his line will occupy the throne of David. His dead body will be thrown out to be exposed to scorching heat by day and frost by night. I will punish him and his descendants and the officials who serve him for the wicked things they have done. I will bring on them, the citizens of Jerusalem, and the people of Judah all the disaster that I threatened to do to them. I will punish them because I threatened them but they still paid no heed."'"

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

and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

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

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination, for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

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

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.

Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!

I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.

(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just.

However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, except Michael your prince.

Carefully read the scroll of the Lord! Not one of these creatures will be missing, none will lack a mate. For the Lord has issued the decree, and his own spirit gathers them.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?

Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word.

Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination,

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

all the people gathered together in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!

They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God), read more.
then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this."

and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

As for the actions of people -- just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

But these are recorded 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 and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

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

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.