Reading Your Bible

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon 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.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

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

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

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright 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.

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

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; — read the full passage →

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

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

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

And 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 Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

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

Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah 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 Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

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

Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him. — read the full passage →

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings 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 free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

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

and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from 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 sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

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

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness 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 these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and ofalltribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

for by grace have ye been 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 forever.

For it is no 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 the 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 everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

For the word of Jehovah is right; And all his work isdonein faithfulness.

Jehovah 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 him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding 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 Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

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

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

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

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will 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, and he himself tempteth no man:

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

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that 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 furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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 subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

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

There are 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, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah 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 good works; — read the full passage →

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. — read the full passage →

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

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

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

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

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