Reading Your Bible

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; — read the full passage →

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. — read the full passage →

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →