Books hold great significance in the Bible, offering wisdom, guidance, and history. From Genesis to Revelation, these texts illuminate God’s plan and our purpose. Let’s explore some key verses that emphasize the importance of books in Scripture and how they can deepen our faith and understanding.
Bible Verses About Books
2 Timothy 3:16 – Scripture as God’s inspired work
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,”
Joshua 1:8 – The law book’s essential role in guidance
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
Psalm 119:105 – The Bible as our light
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Revelation 20:12 – The Book of Life’s final judgment
“And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.”
John 21:25 – The unrecorded acts of Jesus
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”
Isaiah 34:16 – The fulfilled scripture
“Search the book of the Lord and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the Lord has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true.”
Daniel 7:10 – Divine judgment books
“A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.”
Philippians 4:3 – Fellow workers in the book of life
“Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.”
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Malachi 3:16 – Remembrance scroll
“Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.”
Exodus 32:32 – The blotting out from the book
“But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”
Ezra 7:10 – Devotion to study the Law
“For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.”
Nehemiah 8:8 – Understanding of the Book of the Law
“They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.”
Psalm 40:7 – The prophetic book
“Then I said, ‘Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll.'”
Hebrews 10:7 – The fulfillment of the written scroll
“Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—I have come to do your will, my God.'”
Proverbs 3:1 – Keeping the teachings close
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,”
Hebrews 4:12 – The living word
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Matthew 5:18 – The enduring scripture
“For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”
Romans 15:4 – The encouragement from scriptures
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
Jeremiah 30:2 – Recording God’s words
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.'”
Psalm 56:8 – God’s book of sorrows
“Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll—are they not in your record?”
1 Timothy 4:13 – Devotion to reading scripture
“Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.”
Habakkuk 2:2 – Writing the revelation
“Then the Lord replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.'”
Revelation 1:11 – Writing down God’s revelations
“Which said: ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.'”
Isaiah 30:8 – Record for the future
“Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.”
Jeremiah 36:2 – Jeremiah’s scroll
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now.”
Psalm 102:18 – Future generations’ record
“Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:”
Luke 24:44 – The fulfillment of writings
“He said to them, ‘This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.'”
1 Corinthians 10:11 – Examples from scripture
“These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.”
Deuteronomy 17:18 – The king’s copy of the law
“When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.”
Esther 9:32 – The Book of Esther
“Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.”
Jeremiah 36:4 – Baruch writes the words of Jeremiah
“So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.”
Revelation 22:19 – Warning about altering the book
“And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.”
Deuteronomy 31:26 – Covenant book
“‘Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.”
Proverbs 25:2 – Worth of knowledge
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.”
Daniel 12:1 – Book of the saved
“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.”
Ezekiel 2:9-10 – The scroll of lamentations
“Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.”
1 Chronicles 29:29 – The accounts of the seers
“As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer, the records of Nathan the prophet and the records of Gad the seer,”
Ezekiel 3:1 – Eating the scroll
“And he said to me, ‘Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.'”