Bible Verses About the Word of God

What the Bible says about itself: a lamp to our feet, living and active, and standing forever.

  1. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
  2. For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
  3. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
  4. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  5. This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
  6. But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
  7. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
  8. For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
  9. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
  10. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
    John 1:1Read in context
  11. The Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  12. 24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.