For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of
joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the
heart.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek.
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those
who are sanctified.
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received
the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the
word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work
in you believers.
Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the
man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a
joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O
Lord, God of hosts.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the
disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the
priests became obedient to the faith.
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the
desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to
each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Joshua 1:8
ESV / 15 helpful votes
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you
shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Psalm 1:2
ESV / 14 helpful votes
But his delight is in the law of the
Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God,
for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them
because they are spiritually discerned.
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,
I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh
be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a
flood to destroy the earth.”
James 3:10
ESV / 10 helpful votes
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
John 1:1-3
ESV / 10 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made
through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which
you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you
know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word
that comes from the mouth of the
Lord.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and
admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine
nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the
world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they
received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to
see if these things were so.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the
truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears
he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made
through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In
him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
By the word of the
Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
John 12:24
ESV / 7 helpful votes
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the
earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his
glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
The law of the
Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the
Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may
be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those
who contradict it.
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker
who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through
wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save
those who believe.
But the word of God increased and multiplied.
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 5:42
ESV / 6 helpful votes
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made
through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In
him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces
good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for
out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not
return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and
shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the
Lord!
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their
whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have
commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be
steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth
was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God
said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the
light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was
evening and there was morning, the first day. ...
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for
us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God
abides in him.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of
God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should
acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the
Lord.
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved.
For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have
received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and
they have believed that you sent me.
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you
are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and
Scripture cannot be broken—
So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water
wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When
this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him
and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of
death. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will
not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child
dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed
the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. ...
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a
report about him went out through all the surrounding country. And he
taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. And he came to
Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went
to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the
scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll
and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, ...
Forever, O
Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
The law of the
Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the
Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the
Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the
Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
the
renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will
of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Acts 6:2
ESV / 4 helpful votes
And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said,
“It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to
serve tables.
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have
eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to
them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory
of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out
speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor
are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through
all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has
set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his
chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. ...
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