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The Word of God created the world, and is the first physical manifestation of God that we can understand. The Word of God also spoke with Adam in the garden of Eden, to Moses out of a burning bush, to John the Baptist when the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus, and to the apostle Paul as a great shining light. The Word of God is both the promise of God and the manifestation of God.
Jesus said that he came from God, and would go back to God (John 13:3). The meaning of this is revealed in the book of Acts, when the Pillar of Fire says: "I am Jesus" (Acts 9:3-6). Jesus was the Word that had come from God, and descended into Adam's race to become the Son of God and Son of Man. After his resurrection, Jesus returned to Heaven, to the glory that he had with the Father before the world was.
| O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. (Jeremiah 22:29)
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (John 15:3)
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The visible Logos
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| Genesis 3:8
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
| | Exodus 3:2
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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him [Moses] in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
| | Exodus 20:18
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And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
| | Isaiah 2:1
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The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
| | Acts 2:2-3
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
| | Acts 26:13-15
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At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
| | Revelation 1:12-13
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And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
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The Word in the Old Testament
In the Old Testament, the Word of the Lord was the promise of God received either directly from God (in the case of Abraham, Moses, Elisha, and the Prophets), or through the prophets (as in the case of the majority of the children of Israel). In essence, the whole Bible is the word of the LORD.
The "word of the Lord" and the "word of God" are mentioned over 300 times in the Old Testament. Some key scriptures include:
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| Genesis 3:8
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
| | Genesis 15:1
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After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
| | Numbers 15:31
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Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
| | Deuteronomy 4:2
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Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
| | Deuteronomy 18:21-22
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And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
| | Psalms 33:6
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By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
| | Psalms 68:11
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The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
| | Psalms 119:123
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Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
| | Proverbs 13:13
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Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
| | Isaiah 40:8
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
| | Isaiah 45:22-23
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Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
| | Jeremiah 22:29
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O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
| | Jeremiah 31:10
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Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
| | Ezekiel 33:7
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So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
| | Amos 8:11-12
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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
| | Micah 4:1-2
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But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
| | Zechariah 4:6
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Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
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The Word in the New Testament
The Word of the Lord in the Gospels
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| Matthew 3:16-17
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
| | Matthew 4:4
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But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
| | Matthew 5:2-10
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And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
| | Matthew 5:18
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For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
| | Matthew 6:16
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Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
| | Matthew 8:16
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When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
| | Matthew 10:19-20
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But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
| | Matthew 10:42
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And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
| | Matthew 12:18-19
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Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
| | Matthew 14:27
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But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
| | Matthew 17:5-8
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While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
| | Matthew 17:20
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And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
| | Matthew 18:3
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And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
| | Matthew 18:18
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Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
| | Matthew 19:23
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Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
| | Matthew 25:11-12
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Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
| | Matthew 25:40
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And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
| | Matthew 27:46
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
| | Matthew 27:50
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Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
| | Mark 2:2
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door: and he preached the word unto them.
| | Mark 4:33
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And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
| | Mark 16:20
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And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
| | Luke 8:21
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And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
| | Luke 11:28
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But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
| | Luke 3:2
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Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
| | Luke 8:11-15
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Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
| | Luke 22:61
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And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
| | John 1:1-5
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
| | John 1:14
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
| | John 2:22
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When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
| | John 10:35-36
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If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
| | John 12:48
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He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
| | John 14:24
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He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
| | John 15:3
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Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
| | John 15:20
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Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
| | John 15:25
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But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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The Word of the Lord in the Book of Acts
| The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. (Psalms 68:11)
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| Acts 6:7
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And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
| | Acts 8:4
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Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
| | Acts 8:25
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And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
| | Acts 10:36
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The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
| | Acts 10:44
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While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
| | Acts 11:1
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And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
| | Acts 11:16
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Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
| | Acts 12:24
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But the word of God grew and multiplied.
| | Acts 13:5
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And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
| | Acts 13:44
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And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
| | Acts 14:3
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Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
| | Acts 16:31-32
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And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
| | Acts 17:11
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
| | Acts 19:20
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So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
| | Acts 20:32
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And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
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The Word of the Lord in the Epistles
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| Romans 10:7-9
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Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
| | Romans 10:17
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So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
| | I Corinthians 12:8
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For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
| | I CORINTHIANS 14:36-37
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What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
| | II CORINTHIANS 5:19
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To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
| | II CORINTHIANS 6:7
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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
| | EPHESIANS 1:13
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In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
| | EPHESIANS 5:25-26
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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
| | EPHESIANS 6:17
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
| | PHILIPPIANS 2:16
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Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
| | COLOSSIANS 1:5
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
| | COLOSSIANS 1:25
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Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
| | COLOSSIANS 3:16
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
| | I THESSALONIANS 1:6
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And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
| | I THESSALONIANS 1:8
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For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
| | I THESSALONIANS 2:13
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For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
| | I THESSALONIANS 4:15
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For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
| | II THESSALONIANS 3:1
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Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
| | I TIMOTHY 4:4-5
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
| | I TIMOTHY 5:17
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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
| | II TIMOTHY 2:9
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Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
| | II TIMOTHY 2:15
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Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
| | II TIMOTHY 4:2
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Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
| | TITUS 2:5
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To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
| | HEBREWS 1:1-3
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God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
| | HEBREWS 4:2
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For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
| | HEBREWS 4:12
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For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
| | HEBREWS 5:13
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For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
| | HEBREWS 7:28
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For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
| | HEBREWS 11:3
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Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
| | HEBREWS 12:18
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For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
| | HEBREWS 12:19
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And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
| | HEBREWS 13:7-8
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Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
| | HEBREWS 13:22
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And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
| | JAMES 1:17
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
| | JAMES 1:22-24
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
| | PETER 1:23
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Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
| | I PETER 1:25
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But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
| | I PETER 2:2
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As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
| | PETER 2:7-8
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Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
| | I PETER 3:1
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Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
| | II PETER 3:5
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For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
| | I JOHN 1:1-2
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That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
| | I JOHN 2:7
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Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
| | I JOHN 2:14
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I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
| | I JOHN 5:7
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For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
| | REVELATION 1:1-2
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
| | REVELATION 1:9
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I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
| | EVELATION 3:10
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Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
| | REVELATION 6:9
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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
| | REVELATION 12:11
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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
| | REVELATION 19:11-13
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And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
| | REVELATION 20:4
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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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