Passages about reading the Bible

 

Read the Bible - in the Bible

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

Acts 2:42

People who read the bible

Joshua – he led the people into the promise land
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” - Said by God to Joshua in Joshua 1:8

Ezra – He led the exiled people back to the promise land
“For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.” - said about Ezra in Ezra 7:10

David – Was the King of Israel and was called “The man after God’s own heart”.
“Oh, how I love your law!    I meditate on it all day long.” - Psalm 119:97

Josiah – a young king of Israel that found the book of God’s law and led a revival – read the story in 2 Kings chapter 22

Ethiopian Eunuch – A man from Africa was traveling from Jerusalem in a chariot and he was reading the Bible. God sent Philip to explain the Bible to him. The Eunuch became a Jesus follower. Read the story in Acts 8:24-40

The Bereans – The Apostle Paul was preaching in Acts 17 in and the Thessalonians rejected Paul’s teaching but the Bereans “were more noble” and they studied the Bible daily to check on what Paul taught. Read the story in Acts 17 – we need to be noble too!

Timothy – Timothy was a disciple of Paul and 2 Timothy 3:15 how Timothy “has known the Holy Scriptures” from infancy.

Jesus – Jesus answered many questions by quoting the Bible. In Matthew 4:4 Jesus says “It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God”.

Passages about the Bible

Psalm 1:2-3
“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. that person is like a tree planted by streams of water,  which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither whatever they do prospers.”

Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”

Psalm 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart    that I might not sin against you.

 
Psalm 119:130
“The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
Idea: Psalm 119 is full of great words about God’s word. It is also 176 verses a day divided into 8 verse sections. Read 8 verses a day and in 22 days you will have read the whole Psalm and have much inspiration!

Colossians 3:16
“Let the message 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.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Hebrews 4:12
“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.”

Isaiah 40:8
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”

 
Isaiah 55:10-11

“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it
without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
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.”

Proverbs 30:5
“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”

Romans 15:4
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

Let the Message of Christ dwell among you richly!