What the Bible Says About the Word of God

• "The Word of God" occurrs in 45 verses.
• "Word" occurs in 678 verses

Word Study (What is the nature of God's Word?)

• PEH [06310] (460): the mouth (as the means of blowing; or proceeding from); commandment; sentence; saying; two-edged; wish; word; adverb: "according to"

Ge 41:38-40 — And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

Hebrews 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 thoughts and intents of the heart. [Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12]

Exodus 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Ps 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

John 1:6 — There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

• DABAR [01697] (1290): a word; a matter as spoken of; an answer; song; speech; saying; sentence; task or work;

1 Samuel 9:27 — And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God [dabar elohim].

1 Kings 12:22 — But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, [dabar elohim]

1 Chronicles 17:3 — And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, [dabar elohim]

• EMER: something said, answer, saying, speech, word

• IMRAH [0565] (35): commandment, speech, word

• NATAPH [05197] (14): "drop thy word" (Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2; 1 Peter 4:11; Psalm 68:8; SOS 4:11; SOS 5:5; Joel 3:18) to ooze; distil gradually; to fall in drops; to speak by inspiration; prophesy; To rain, often means to preach, to prophesy as well as a prophet;

Deuteronomy 32:1-3 — Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

Isaiah 9:8 — The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. (As Falling from Heaven)

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Psalm 119:67 — Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. [Psalm 119:101; Psalm 119:158]

John 14:24 — He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Psalm 119:89 — LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Psalm 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (instruction)

Psalm 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Psalm 119:148 — Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Psalm 119:160 — Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Psalm 119:161 — SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Psalm 119:162 — I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

Psalm 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

Numbers 3:16 — And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

Amos 7:7 — Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. [plumbline: straight; justice without mercy]

Psalm 119:172 ¶ My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. (to respond; testify; witness)

Psalms 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Jeremiah 15:16 — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Ezekiel 20:46 — Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; [Ezekiel 21:2]

2 Timothy 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

Acts 8:14 — Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

Acts 13:26 — Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

1 Kings 12:24 — Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. [heard intelligently, obediently, regarding]

Amos 7:16 — Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

Deuteronomy 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 by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Psalm 107:20 — He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. [Acts 10:36 "the word which God sent"]

John 5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. (believe)

Exodus 9:20 — He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. [fear: morally reverant; regarded: take, commit or consider to mind or heart]

James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Using the Word

Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When he was suffering on the cross he used the Word. — Timothy Keller

The Word of God and Our Faith

I prayed for Faith, and thought that some day Faith would come down and strike me like lightning. But Faith did not seem to come. One day I read in the tenth chapter of Romans, 'Now Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God'. I had closed my Bible, and prayed for Faith. I now opened my Bible, and began to study, and Faith has been growing ever since. — Dwight L. Moody

The more I expose myself to the Word of God, the greater my faith will be. — R. C. Sproul

The Relationship of God's Word and His Will

You can't do the will of God if you don't know the Word of God. — Jack Wyrtzen

Mic 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

• according to the word of the LORD (28 times this exact phrase; "as God said")

Numbers 3:16 — And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

• Moses Numbered the People (Numbers 3:16; 4:45)
• Moses Gave Commands to Israel (Numbers 36:5)
• Moses Gave the Redemption money to the Levites (Numbers 3:51)
• Inheritances of land were given to Israel (Joshua 19:50,51; 22:9)
• Moses Died (Deuteronomy 34:5; 32:50)
• Rehoboam and Judah did not fight Against Israel (1 Kings 12:24 "hearkened")
• The Disobedient Prophet Died (1 Kings 13:21,26)
• Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha (1 Kings 16:12,13)
• The Barrel of Meal and Cruse of Oil Did not Fail (1 Ki 17:16)

Matthew 6:10 — Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

The Word of God and the Son of God

• AS a word proceeds from the mouth; As a word can be "sent" and given by the Father (John 3:16); The Son is the Living Word.

Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made. — Phillips Brooks

John 1:1,14 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. [Deuteronomy 4:12 "saw no similatude (shape, embodimet, image), heard"]

John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Matthew 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

1Jo 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Special Revelation and the Word of God

• Verified, Confirmed

1 Kings 8:26 — And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. [2 Ch 6:17 ]

• God's Words Versus Man's Words

Ecclesiastes 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Quotes on the Word of God

Like that great lover of God's Word, David, Christians throughout history have given testimony concerning God's Word.

Psalm 119:140 — Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

Psalm 119:105 — Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The Word of God is a lamp by night, a light by day, and a delight at all times. — Charles Spurgeon

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself. — Charles Spurgeon

If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God. — Charles Spurgeon

There are four principles we need to maintain: First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third believe the Word of God. Fourth, act on the Word. — Smith Wigglesworth

The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks. — B. B. Warfield

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it. — Matthew Henry

People can't see your root system, but God can. Praying and meditating on the Word of God will cause your roots to go down deep into His love. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail. — Leonard Ravenhill

There is a world of difference between knowing the Word of God and knowing the God of the Word. — Leonard Ravenhill

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. — Hudson Taylor

Now what is food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God; and here again, not the simple reading of the Word of God, so that it only passes through our minds, just as water passes through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering it over and applying it to our hearts. — George Muller

The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress. — Billy Graham