115 Bible Verses to Study

The Bible says that everyone who is led by the Spirit of God is a child of God. And when it comes to studying the Bible, all you really need is the Holy Spirit's guidance. Once you have that, understanding His word becomes a real joy, something you'll want to dive into day and night. Just like a child knows their parent's voice, you'll recognize His voice, too.

When you truly grasp that He's your Father, you'll be able to understand His teachings. It's like finally getting the instruction manual to life. And in these crazy times we're living in, it's more important than ever to go deeper in your relationship with God. That's where you'll find the wisdom and understanding you need, the real revelation that will guide you.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honourable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow,

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;

and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky and came and rolled away the stone from the door and sat on it.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted amongst the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

For God will bring every work into judgement, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honour prefer one another,

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

contributing to the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Be of the same mind one towards another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honourable in the sight of all men.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

“Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, amongst whom you are seen as lights in the world,

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor labour in vain.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Oh taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,

lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burnt with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,

the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;

for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honour.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.

Always rejoice.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you.

Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,

I press on towards the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is amongst you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the LORD.

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

The gift is not as through one who sinned; for the judgement came by one to condemnation, but the free gift followed many trespasses to justification.

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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