25 Bible Verses about Reading The Bible

Till I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.

So Philip ran up, and he heard the Abyssinian reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.

You yourselves are our letter--a letter written on our hearts, and one which everybody can read and understand.

Blessed is he who reads, and blessed are they who listen to, the words of this prophecy, and lay to heart what is here written; for The Time is near.

But first be assured of this:--There is no prophetic teaching found in Scripture that can be interpreted by man's unaided reason;

And so we gather, faith is a result of teaching, and the teaching comes in the Message of Christ.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the President of the Synagogue sent them this message--"Brothers, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak."

Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

'Yet, whenever a man turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.'

Bring everything to the test; cling to what is good;

But, even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts.

"Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.

But their minds were slow to learn. Indeed, to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted; only for those who are in union with Christ does it pass away.

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "what David did, when he and his companions were hungry--

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.')

Then he enabled them to understand the meaning of the Scriptures, saying to them:

And Jesus began: "This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

But Jesus answered: [ "In the evening you say 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is as red as fire.'

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'