God's word

¹⁴ But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

¹⁵ From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

¹⁷ so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

¹ You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

² Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

³ 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.

¹¹ For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

¹² It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

¹³ And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

¹⁴ But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.

⁴⁵ When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

⁴⁶ he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

⁴⁷ For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

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

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.

²⁸ Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

²⁹ “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

⁷ Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

⁸ 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.

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

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

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

⁶ Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

⁷ The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

⁸ So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.

⁹ Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

⁵ Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

⁶ Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

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

⁸⁶ All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

⁸⁸ Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

⁹¹ Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.

¹⁰² I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

¹²⁹ Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

¹³⁰ The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

¹³³ Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

¹⁶⁰ The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

¹⁶² I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

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.

But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

³² And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.

³³ All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. 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 commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

³⁴ Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

⁵ Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.

⁶ Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

⁷ The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.

While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

⁴⁹ And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.

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.

“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.

“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.