Encouragement for Reading the Bible

• Joshua 1:8 – “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.”
• Psalm 1:2 – “But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.”
• Psalm 119:11 – “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”
• Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
• Psalm 119:130 – “The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
• Matthew 4:4 – “Jesus answered, ‘It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
• John 5:39 – “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me.”
• 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.”
• 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.”

The Power of God’s Word and Reading the Bible

• Isaiah 55:11 – “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.”
• Jeremiah 23:29 – “‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the Lord, ‘and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?'”
• John 6:63 – “The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.”
• John 17:17 – “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”
• Romans 1:16 – “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”
• 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.”
• James 1:21 – “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.”
• Revelation 1:3 – “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.”

Reading the Bible as a Guide

• Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
• Psalm 19:7 – “The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.”
• Psalm 119:9 – “How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.”
• Psalm 119:24 – “Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.”
• Psalm 119:98 – “Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.”
• Psalm 119:133 – “Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.”
• Proverbs 6:22 – “When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.”
• 2 Peter 1:19 – “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.”

Reading the Bible’s Teachings and Instructions

• Deuteronomy 11:18-19 – “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
• Psalm 25:4-5 – “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
• Psalm 32:8 – “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”
• Psalm 119:12 – “Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees.”
• Psalm 119:64 – “The earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.”
• Psalm 119:171 – “May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.”
• Proverbs 4:4-5 – “Then he taught me, and he said to me, ‘Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.'”
• Matthew 7:24 – “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
• 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.”
• 1 Timothy 4:13 – “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.”

Reading the Bible and Meditation on God’s Word

• Joshua 1:8 – “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.”
• Psalm 1:1-2 – “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.”
• Psalm 19:14 – “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
• Psalm 63:6 – “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.”
• Psalm 77:12 – “I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
• Psalm 119:15 – “I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.”
• Psalm 119:23 – “Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.”
• Psalm 119:27 – “Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.”
• Psalm 119:48 – “I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.”
• Philippians 4:8 – “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Reading the Bible and Obeying God’s Word

• Exodus 19:5 – “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine.”
• Deuteronomy 5:33 – “Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.”
• Deuteronomy 6:17 – “Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.”
• Deuteronomy 11:1 – “Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.”
• 1 Samuel 15:22 – “But Samuel replied: ‘Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'”
• Psalm 119:60 – “I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.”
• Isaiah 1:19 – “If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land.”
• John 14:15 – “If you love me, keep my commands.”
• James 1:22 – “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

The Benefits of Reading the Bible

• Psalm 19:8 – “The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.”
• Psalm 19:9 – “The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous.”
• Psalm 119:50 – “My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.”
• Psalm 119:93 – “I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.”
• Proverbs 3:1-2 – “My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.”
• Jeremiah 15:16 – “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.”
• John 8:31-32 – “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'”
• 1 Peter 2:2 – “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”

Studying God’s Word and Reading the Bible

• Ezra 7:10 – “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.”
• Psalm 119:18 – “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
• Psalm 119:33 – “Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.”
• Psalm 119:34 – “Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.”
• Proverbs 2:1-5 – “My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
• Proverbs 4:7 – “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.”
• Acts 17:11 – “Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”
• 2 Timothy 2:15 – “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.”
• Hebrews 5:12-14 – “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! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.”

Reading the Bible for God’s Word and Faith

• Romans 10:17 – “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”
• Galatians 3:2 – “I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?”
• Galatians 3:5 – “So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?”
• Ephesians 1:13 – “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 – “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 4:6 – “If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.”
• 1 Peter 1:23 – “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”

Reading the Bible in Difficult Times

• Psalm 23:4 – “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
• Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
• Psalm 119:92 – “If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.”
• Psalm 119:143 – “Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.”
• Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
• Isaiah 41:10 – “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
• Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 – “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

Reading the Bible and Sharing God’s Word

• Psalm 96:3 – “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.”
• Matthew 28:19-20 – “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
• Mark 16:15 – “He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.'”
• Acts 1:8 – “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• Romans 10:14 – “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”
• 2 Timothy 4:2 – “Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.”
• 1 Peter 3:15 – “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”
• 1 John 1:3 – “We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.”
• Revelation 22:17 – “The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”

Reading the Bible and Trusting God’s Word

• Psalm 18:30 – “As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.”
• Psalm 33:4 – “For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.”
• Psalm 56:4 – “In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
• Psalm 119:42 – “Then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.”
• Psalm 119:114 – “You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.”
• Proverbs 30:5 – “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”
• Isaiah 40:8 – “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
• Matthew 24:35 – “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”

Reading the Bible and Rejoicing in God’s Word

• Psalm 119:14 – “I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.”
• Psalm 119:16 – “I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.”
• Psalm 119:72 – “The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.”
• Psalm 119:111 – “Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.”

Conclusion

Exploring these 105 Bible verses about reading the Bible reveals the profound impact of God’s Word. Each verse invites us to deepen our faith and embrace His wisdom. May these Scriptures inspire us to cherish the Bible’s teachings daily. Embracing God’s Word enriches our hearts and minds.