'Word of God' in the Bible

Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.

But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.

But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God.

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.