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This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For the LORD brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.
Exodus Chapter 13: Verse 9
The LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you." Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
Exodus Chapter 19: Verse 9
When Moses went and told the people all the LORD's words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the LORD has said we will do."
Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus Chapter 24: Verses 3 - 4
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verse 2
See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verses 5 - 6
And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verse 8
Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verse 10
And the LORD directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Idolatry Forbidden
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verse 14
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy Chapter 6: Verses 6 - 9
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy Chapter 8: Verse 3
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites.
It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees
Deuteronomy Chapter 17: Verses 18 - 19
When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.
Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
Deuteronomy Chapter 27: Verses 2 - 3
And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up." Curses From Mount Ebal
Deuteronomy Chapter 27: Verse 8
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy Chapter 29: Verse 29
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"
Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"
No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
Deuteronomy Chapter 30: Verses 11 - 14
So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
Then Moses commanded them: "At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.
Assemble the people,men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns,so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.
Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Israel's Rebellion Predicted
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verses 9 - 13
"Now write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verse 19
"Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verse 26
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua Chapter 1: Verse 8
Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.
Joshua Chapter 3: Verse 9
There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua copied on stones the law of Moses, which he had written.
All Israel, aliens and citizens alike, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing those who carried it,the priests, who were Levites. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.
Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law,the blessings and the curses,just as it is written in the Book of the Law.
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens who lived among them.
Joshua Chapter 8: Verses 32 - 35
"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
2 Samuel Chapter 22: Verse 31
He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
1 Chronicles Chapter 16: Verse 15
For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.
2 Chronicles Chapter 15: Verse 3
Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
Job Chapter 22: Verse 22
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
Job Chapter 23: Verse 12
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms Chapter 1: Verse 2
And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
Psalms Chapter 12: Verse 6
As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
Psalms Chapter 17: Verse 4
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms Chapter 19: Verses 7 - 11
For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
Psalms Chapter 33: Verse 4
The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
Psalms Chapter 37: Verse 31
I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
Psalms Chapter 40: Verse 8
Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
Psalms Chapter 43: Verse 3
O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.
Psalms Chapter 78: Verse 1
Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
They would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Psalms Chapter 78: Verses 7 - 8
I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints, but let them not return to folly.
Psalms Chapter 85: Verse 8
Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD.
Psalms Chapter 93: Verse 5
Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law;
Psalms Chapter 94: Verse 12
Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD :
Psalms Chapter 102: Verse 18
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
Psalms Chapter 107: Verse 19
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
Psalms Chapter 111: Verse 7
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 11 - 12
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. g Gimel 17 Do good to your servant, and I will live; I will obey your word.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 14 - 16
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 18 - 20
Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors. d Daleth 25 I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 23 - 25
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 28
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.
I hold fast to your statutes, O LORD; do not let me be put to shame.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 30 - 31
Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 35
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
for I delight in your commands because I love them.
I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees. z Zayin 49 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
The arrogant mock me without restraint, but I do not turn from your law.
I remember your ancient laws, O LORD, and I find comfort in them.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 45 - 52
Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 54
Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 61
Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I believe in your commands.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 66 - 67
Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 70
The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. y Yodh 73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 72
May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 74
May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 76 - 78
My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, "When will you comfort me?"
Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 81 - 83
All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for men persecute me without cause.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 86
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 92 - 93
To all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless. m Mem 97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 96 - 100
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. n Nun 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 103 - 105
Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 109
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 111
Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 115
All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 119
Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path. p Pe 129 Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 127 - 131
Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 133
The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 138
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.
Your statutes are forever right; give me understanding that I may live. q Qoph 145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 140 - 144
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 148
Yet you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are true.
Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever. r Resh 153 Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 151 - 153
Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your love.
All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal. S Sin and Shin 161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
I hate and abhor falsehood but I love your law.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 157 - 163
Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 165
I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 167
May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verses 172 - 174
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
Psalms Chapter 138: Verse 2
He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
Psalms Chapter 147: Verse 15
He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
Psalms Chapter 147: Verse 19
My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,
Proverbs Chapter 6: Verses 20 - 23
teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you?
Proverbs Chapter 22: Verse 21
"Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
Proverbs Chapter 30: Verses 5 - 6
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5: Verse 1
The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.
The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails,given by one Shepherd.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 12: Verses 10 - 11
Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isaiah Chapter 2: Verse 3
Bind up the testimony and seal up the law among my disciples.
Isaiah Chapter 8: Verse 16
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Isaiah Chapter 8: Verse 20
So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there, so that they will go and fall backward, be injured and snared and captured.
Isaiah Chapter 28: Verse 13
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."
Isaiah Chapter 30: Verse 21
Look in the scroll of the LORD and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.
Isaiah Chapter 34: Verse 16
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
Isaiah Chapter 40: Verse 8
"Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults.
Isaiah Chapter 51: Verse 7
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah Chapter 55: Verses 10 - 11
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what kind of wisdom do they have?
Jeremiah Chapter 8: Verse 9
Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Jeremiah Chapter 13: Verse 15
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty.
Jeremiah Chapter 15: Verse 16
O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
Jeremiah Chapter 22: Verse 29
Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.
"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
Jeremiah Chapter 23: Verses 28 - 29
But you must not mention 'the oracle of the LORD ' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God.
Jeremiah Chapter 23: Verse 36
Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Ezekiel Chapter 3: Verse 3
And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you.
Ezekiel Chapter 3: Verse 10
The LORD said to me, "Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations regarding the temple of the LORD. Give attention to the entrance of the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary.
Ezekiel Chapter 44: Verse 5
but first I will tell you what is written in the Book of Truth. (No one supports me against them except Michael, your prince.
Daniel Chapter 10: Verse 21
But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge."
Daniel Chapter 12: Verse 4
He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
Daniel Chapter 12: Verse 9
Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.
Hosea Chapter 6: Verse 5
"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land, not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
"In that day "the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.
Amos Chapter 8: Verses 11 - 13
Should it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the LORD angry? Does he do such things?" "Do not my words do good to him whose ways are upright?
Micah Chapter 2: Verse 7
Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
Habakkuk Chapter 2: Verse 2
Are these not the words the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?' "
Zechariah Chapter 7: Verse 7
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Matthew Chapter 5: Verse 17
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
Matthew Chapter 7: Verses 24 - 25
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
Matthew Chapter 11: Verse 13
He who has ears, let him hear.
Matthew Chapter 11: Verse 15
But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."The Parable of the Weeds
Matthew Chapter 13: Verse 23
Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew Chapter 15: Verse 3
They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' "
Matthew Chapter 15: Verse 9
Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
Matthew Chapter 22: Verse 29
"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
Mark Chapter 1: Verse 15
And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
Mark Chapter 7: Verse 9
Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
Mark Chapter 7: Verse 13
Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
Mark Chapter 12: Verse 24
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.The Day and Hour Unknown
Mark Chapter 13: Verse 31
For nothing is impossible with God."
Luke Chapter 1: Verse 37
"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.A Lamp on a Stand
Luke Chapter 8: Verses 11 - 15
He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."The Sign of Jonah
Luke Chapter 11: Verse 28
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Luke Chapter 16: Verse 17
"Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
Luke Chapter 16: Verse 29
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
Luke Chapter 16: Verse 31
They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"
Luke Chapter 24: Verse 32
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
Luke Chapter 24: Verse 45
After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
John Chapter 2: Verse 22
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.
John Chapter 5: Verse 24
You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
John Chapter 5: Verse 39
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
John Chapter 6: Verse 63
If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came,and the Scripture cannot be broken,
John Chapter 10: Verse 35
For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
John Chapter 17: Verse 8
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John Chapter 17: Verse 17
For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.Jesus Prays for All Believers
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
John Chapter 17: Verses 19 - 20
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John Chapter 20: Verse 31
The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
Acts Chapter 10: Verse 15
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Acts Chapter 17: Verse 11
"Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Acts Chapter 20: Verse 32
But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
Acts Chapter 26: Verse 22
What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?
Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
Romans Chapter 3: Verses 1 - 2
The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone,
but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness,for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Romans Chapter 4: Verses 23 - 24
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.
Romans Chapter 9: Verse 4
It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
Romans Chapter 9: Verse 6
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
Romans Chapter 10: Verse 17
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is,his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans Chapter 12: Verse 2
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 4
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
1 Corinthians Chapter 2: Verse 13
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
1 Corinthians Chapter 7: Verse 6
Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.
1 Corinthians Chapter 9: Verse 10
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
1 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 11
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians Chapter 15: Verse 3
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant,not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.The Glory of the New Covenant
2 Corinthians Chapter 3: Verse 6
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
Galatians Chapter 1: Verse 8
I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
Galatians Chapter 1: Verses 11 - 12
in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians Chapter 1: Verses 12 - 13
that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets.
Ephesians Chapter 3: Verses 3 - 5
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians Chapter 6: Verse 17
as you hold out the word of life,in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.
Philippians Chapter 2: Verse 16
the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel
Colossians Chapter 1: Verse 5
because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 1: Verse 5
The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia,your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it,
1 Thessalonians Chapter 1: Verse 8
Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4: Verses 1 - 2
He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
2 Thessalonians Chapter 2: Verses 14 - 15
because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
1 Timothy Chapter 4: Verses 5 - 6
If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verses 3 - 4
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy Chapter 1: Verse 13
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,
for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained.
2 Timothy Chapter 2: Verses 8 - 9
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
2 Timothy Chapter 2: Verse 15
and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
2 Timothy Chapter 3: Verses 15 - 16
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
Hebrews Chapter 1: Verses 1 - 2
We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,
how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
Hebrews Chapter 2: Verses 1 - 3
For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.
Hebrews Chapter 4: Verse 2
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews Chapter 4: Verse 12
who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,
Hebrews Chapter 6: Verse 5
Then I said, 'Here I am,it is written about me in the scroll, I have come to do your will, O God.' "
Hebrews Chapter 10: Verse 7
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews Chapter 10: Verse 28
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it,he will be blessed in what he does.
James Chapter 1: Verses 21 - 25
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you.
1 Peter Chapter 1: Verses 23 - 25
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
1 Peter Chapter 2: Verse 2
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
2 Peter Chapter 1: Verse 4
And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter Chapter 1: Verses 19 - 21
Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
2 Peter Chapter 3: Verses 1 - 2
Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.
He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
2 Peter Chapter 3: Verses 15 - 16
We write this to make our joy complete.Walking in the light
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John Chapter 1: Verses 4 - 5
Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
1 John Chapter 2: Verses 7 - 8
I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 12
I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.Do Not Love the World
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 14
I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 21
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John Chapter 5: Verse 11
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John Chapter 5: Verse 13
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
Jude Chapter 1: Verse 3
But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.
Jude Chapter 1: Verse 17
who testifies to everything he saw,that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.Greetings and doxology
Revelation Chapter 1: Verses 2 - 3
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Revelation Chapter 22: Verses 18 - 19
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