63 Bible Verses about Writing

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Jeremiah 30:2

"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.

Luke 1:3

it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

Deuteronomy 31:24

When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book to the very end,

Joshua 24:26

And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

2 Kings 23:21

And the king commanded all the people, "Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.

1 Kings 11:41

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

2 Kings 12:19

Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

1 Chronicles 29:29

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.

Nehemiah 9:38

"Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.

Deuteronomy 24:1

"When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,

Mark 10:4

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away."

2 Samuel 11:14

In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Romans 16:22

I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Colossians 4:18

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

1 Kings 21:8-11

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city. And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."read more.
And the men of his city, the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,

Galatians 6:11

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

2 Peter 3:1

This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

Exodus 32:15-16

Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

Deuteronomy 27:2-3

And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster. And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Job 19:24

Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

Numbers 17:2-3

"Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers' house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff, and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers' house.

Deuteronomy 6:9

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Zechariah 14:20

And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar.

Daniel 5:5-8

Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote. Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom."read more.
Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

Habakkuk 2:2

And the LORD answered me:"Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.

Luke 1:63

And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered.

Deuteronomy 17:18

"And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests.

Revelation 1:11

saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

Exodus 17:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."

Numbers 5:23

"Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness.

Job 19:23

"Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

Isaiah 8:1

Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters,'Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'

Jeremiah 36:18

Baruch answered them, "He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll."

Jeremiah 51:60

Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

Ezekiel 9:2-3

And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar. Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which it rested to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist.

Ezekiel 9:11

And behold, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his waist, brought back word, saying, "I have done as you commanded me."

Exodus 34:1

The LORD said to Moses, "Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Psalm 87:6

The LORD records as he registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah

John 8:6

This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Hebrews 10:16

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"

Romans 2:15

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

Proverbs 7:3

bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Jeremiah 17:1

"The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,

2 Corinthians 3:2

You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.

Deuteronomy 31:19

"Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.

Joshua 18:4

Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me.

2 Chronicles 35:4

Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.

Psalm 102:18

Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

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Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, 'I am the LORD's,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' and name himself by the name of Israel."

Galatians 6:11

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

Writing » On the heart

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Proverbs 7:3

bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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God Writing With His Finger

Deuteronomy 9:10

And the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

Not Writing

2 John 1:12

Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

Writing Letters

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.

Writing On Objects

Deuteronomy 6:9

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Writing On People

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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