Our Relationship with God’s Word

Matthew 4:4New International Version (NIV)4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Matthew 8:16New International Version (NIV)16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Matthew 15:6New International Version (NIV)6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Matthew 26:75New International Version (NIV)75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Mark 4:14-20New International Version (NIV)14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

Mark 16:20New International Version (NIV)20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

Luke 2:17New International Version (NIV)17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,

Luke 1:2New International Version (NIV)2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

Luke 3:2New International Version (NIV)2 during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Luke 5:1New International Version (NIV)5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

Luke 7:7New International Version (NIV)7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Luke 24:19New International Version (NIV)19 “What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.

John 1:1New International Version (NIV)1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14New International Version (NIV)14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 5:24New International Version (NIV)24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

John 8:37New International Version (NIV)37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

John 8:51New International Version (NIV)51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”

John 8:55New International Version (NIV)55 Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.

John 12:38New International Version (NIV)

38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

“Lord, who has believed our message    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?John 12:48New International Version (NIV)48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.

John 15:3New International Version (NIV)3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

Jesus prays for the disciples

John 17:6New International Version (NIV)6 “I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.

John 17:14&17New International Version (NIV)14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.  17 Sanctify them by[a] the truth; your word is truth.

Acts 4:29New International Version (NIV)29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.

Acts 4:31New International Version (NIV)31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken.And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of Godboldly.

Acts 6:2New International Version (NIV)2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.

Acts 8:4New International Version (NIV)4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

Acts 8:14New International Version (NIV)14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.

Acts 8:25New International Version (NIV)

25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.

Acts 11:1New International Version (NIV)11 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Acts 12:23-24New International Version (NIV)23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.24 But the word of God continued to spread and flourish.

Acts 13:5-7New International Version (NIV)5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.6 They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,7 who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Acts 13:46-49New International Version (NIV)46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

“‘I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles,    that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’[c]”48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.49 The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

Acts 16:6New International Version (NIV)6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.

Acts 20:32New International Version (NIV)32 “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.

Romans 10:8-9New International Version (NIV)8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[a] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:17Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)17 So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).Romans 10:17Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.

Romans 10:17New International Version (NIV)17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:26New International Version (NIV)26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

1 Corinthians 15:2New International Version (NIV)2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

2 Corinthians 2:17New International Version (NIV)17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2New International Version (NIV)2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s consciencein the sight of God.

Galatians 6:6New International Version (NIV)

6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.

Ephesians 1:13New International Version (NIV)13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message(word) of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 5:26New International Version (NIV)26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 6:17New International Version (NIV)17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Philippians 1:14New International Version (NIV)14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel(word) without fear.

Philippians 2:15B-16New International Version (NIV)Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

Colossians 1:24-25New International Version (NIV)24 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—

Colossians 3:16New International Version (NIV)16 Let the message(word) of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:13New International Version (NIV)13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

1 Timothy 4:4-5New International Version (NIV)

4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

2 Timothy 2:99 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.

2 Timothy 2:15New International Version (NIV)15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

2 Timothy 3:16New International Version (NIV)16 All Scripture (the word) is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 4:2New International Version (NIV)2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

Hebrews 1:3New International Version (NIV)3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Hebrews 4:12New International Version (NIV)12 For the word of God is alive 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 5:12New International Version (NIV)12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!

Hebrews 12:24New International Version (NIV)24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

James 1:18New International Version (NIV)18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

James 1:21-24New International Version (NIV)21 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.22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

1 Peter 1:23-25New International Version (NIV)23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,

“All people are like grass,    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;the grass withers and the flowers fall,25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a]

And this is the word that was preached to you.

2 Peter 1:19New International Version (NIV)19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, 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.

2 Peter 1:21For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.2 Peter 3:5-7New International Version (NIV)5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

1 John 1:1New International Version (NIV)1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

1 John 1:10New International Version (NIV)

10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

1 John 2:5New International Version (NIV)5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

1 John 2:14New International Version (NIV)14 I write to you, dear children,    because you know the Father.I write to you, fathers,    because you know 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.Revelation 3:8New International Version (NIV)8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Revelation 6:9New International Version (NIV)9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.

Revelation 12:10-11New International Version (NIV)10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

“Now have come the salvation and the power    and the kingdom of our God,    and the authority of his Messiah.For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,    who accuses them before our God day and night,    has been hurled down.11 They triumphed over him    by the blood of the Lamb    and by the word of their testimony;they did not love their lives so much    as to shrink from death.

Revelation 19:13New International Version (NIV)13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God

Revelation 20:4New International Version (NIV)4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They[a] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Isaiah 55:10-11New International Version (NIV)10 As the rain and the snow    come down from heaven,and do not return to it    without watering the earthand making it bud and flourish,    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,11 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.Psalm 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.Psalm 119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!Psalm 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.