Theme · theological
Word of God
Creation begins with speech: 'God said, Let there be light.' The prophets preface their messages with 'Thus says the LORD,' and the law is given as God's direct speech at Sinai. The Psalms celebrate the word as a lamp to the feet and a path-illuminating light. Isaiah promises that God's word will not return empty but will accomplish its purpose. John's prologue identifies the Word as a person — the Logos who was with God and was God, through whom all things were made, who became flesh and dwelt among us. Scripture, spoken word, and incarnate Son are all expressions of the one self-revealing God.
Passages expressing this theme
- 1Pet 1:23 — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- 1Pet 1:25 — But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
- 2Pet 1:21 — For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
- 2Tim 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
- 2Tim 3:17 — That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
- Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
- Deut 8:3 — And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but
- Eph 6:17 — And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
- Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
- Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
- Isa 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Isa 55:10 — For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
- Isa 55:11 — So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
- Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- Jer 1:9 — Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- Jer 23:29 — Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
- Matt 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Prov 30:5 — Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
- Ps 12:6 — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- Ps 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Ps 107:20 — He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- Ps 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
- Ps 119:89 — For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.