28 Bible Verses about Books

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Job 19:23

Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?

Isaiah 19:7

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

2 Timothy 4:13

the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

Jeremiah 36:2

'Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

Luke 1:3

it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

Revelation 5:1

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Jeremiah 36:4

And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.

Job 19:23-24

Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven? With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.

3 John 1:13

Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

Deuteronomy 31:9

And Moses writeth this law, and giveth it unto the priests (sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah), and unto all the elders of Israel,

Joshua 18:9

And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Shiloh.

Numbers 21:14

therefore it is said in a book, 'The wars of Jehovah,' -- 'Waheb in Suphah, And the brooks of Arnon;

Ezra 4:15

so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city is a rebellious city, and causing loss to kings and provinces, and makers of sedition are in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

Joshua 10:13

and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, 'and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?'

1 Samuel 10:25

And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house.

Proverbs 25:1

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

Jeremiah 51:60-64

and Jeremiah writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book -- all these words that are written concerning Babylon. And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, 'When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words, and hast said: Jehovah, Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even unto cattle, for it is a desolation age-during.read more.
And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat, and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.' Hitherto are words of Jeremiah.

Revelation 1:1

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify it, having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Hebrews 10:7

then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

Deuteronomy 31:24-26

And it cometh to pass, when Moses finisheth to write the words of this law on a book till their completion, that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, 'Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;

2 Chronicles 35:25

and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.

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Books » Illustrative of » The record of the church of Christ

Daniel 12:1

'And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.

Revelation 20:12

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;

Revelation 22:19

and if any one may take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the scroll of the life, and out of the holy city, and the things that have been written in this scroll;'

Books » Divine communications recorded in

Exodus 17:14

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;'

Isaiah 30:8

No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

Jeremiah 36:2

'Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

Revelation 1:19

'Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;

Books » Illustrative of » Memorials of conversation and conduct of men

Revelation 20:12

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;

Daniel 7:10

A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, a thousand thousands do serve Him, and a myriad of myriads before Him do rise up, the Judge is seated, and the books have been opened.

Malachi 3:16

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.

Books » Often sealed

Isaiah 29:11

And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed book, That they give unto one knowing books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I am not able, for it is sealed;'

Revelation 5:1

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Books » Made in a roll

Jeremiah 36:2

'Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

Isaiah 34:4

And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.

Ezekiel 2:9

And I look, and lo, a hand is sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Visions of iddo

2 Chronicles 9:29

And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

2 Chronicles 12:15

And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam are all the days;

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Nathan

2 Chronicles 9:29

And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

1 Chronicles 29:29

And the matters of David the king, the first and the last, lo, they are written beside the matters of Samuel the seer, and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the matters of Gad the seer,

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Jasher

2 Samuel 1:18

and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: --

Joshua 10:13

and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, 'and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?'

Books » Written with pen and ink

Jeremiah 36:18

And Baruch saith to them, 'From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

3 John 1:13

Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

Books » Erasures in, alluded to

Exodus 32:33

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Whoso hath sinned against Me -- I blot him out of My book;

Numbers 5:23

And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters,

Books » Illustrative of » Memorials of God's providence

Psalm 56:8

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

Books » Important events recorded in

Ezra 4:15

so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city is a rebellious city, and causing loss to kings and provinces, and makers of sedition are in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

Ezra 6:1-2

Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon, and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it is:

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Sayings of the seers

2 Chronicles 33:19

and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Chronicles of david

1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab son of Zeruiah hath begun to number -- and hath not finished -- and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number hath not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David.

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Samuel the seer

1 Chronicles 29:29

And the matters of David the king, the first and the last, lo, they are written beside the matters of Samuel the seer, and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the matters of Gad the seer,

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Gad the seer

1 Chronicles 29:29

And the matters of David the king, the first and the last, lo, they are written beside the matters of Samuel the seer, and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the matters of Gad the seer,

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Jehu the son of hanani

2 Chronicles 20:34

And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, lo, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel.

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Shemaiah

2 Chronicles 12:15

And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam are all the days;

Books » Often dedicated to persons of distinction

Luke 1:3

it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

Acts 1:1

The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Books » The ancients fond of making

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Ahijah the shilonite

2 Chronicles 9:29

And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » History of the kings

1 Chronicles 9:1

And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah -- they were removed to Babylon for their trespass.

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Natural history by solomon

1 Kings 4:32-33

And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one; and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Samuel concerning the kingdom

1 Samuel 10:25

And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house.

Books » Made of » Parchment

2 Timothy 4:13

the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Wars of the lord

Numbers 21:14

therefore it is said in a book, 'The wars of Jehovah,' -- 'Waheb in Suphah, And the brooks of Arnon;

Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Acts of solomon

1 Kings 11:41

And the rest of the matters of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the book of the matters of Solomon?

Books » Often written on both sides

Ezekiel 2:10

and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it are lamentations, and mourning, and woe!

Books » Probable origin of

Job 19:23-24

Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven? With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.

Books » Made of » Papyrus or paper reed

Isaiah 19:7

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

Books » Were numerous and most expensive

Acts 19:19

and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning them before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found it five myriads of silverlings;

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Books In Prophecy

Revelation 5:1

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Books Of Prophecy

Exodus 17:14

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;'

Books, Metaphorical Use

Revelation 20:11-12

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them;

Books, Not Preserved

Numbers 21:14

therefore it is said in a book, 'The wars of Jehovah,' -- 'Waheb in Suphah, And the brooks of Arnon;

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