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.
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.
Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.
a light on my path.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
By living according to your word.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.
but the word of our God endures forever.
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
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.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.
The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple.
it gives understanding to the simple.
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
he is faithful in all he does.
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
In God, whose word I praise—
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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.”
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.
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
You make your saving help my shield,
and your right hand sustains me;
your help has made me great.
You provide a broad path for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.
and your right hand sustains me;
your help has made me great.
You provide a broad path for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.
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.
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.
