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.

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

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

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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

“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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.

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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.

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

And 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 who are sanctified.

The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

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. Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

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 instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory 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 proclaimed to you.

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

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

“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You. For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do. And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed. . . .

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

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

In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying: