Bible Verses About Preservation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for preservation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 651 votes, led by Isaiah 40:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Preservation
Isaiah 40:861 votes
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Psalms 12:6-742 votes
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Matthew 24:3541 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 5:1837 votes
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.
Psalms 119:8929 votes
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
2 Timothy 3:1626 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Psalms 119:15224 votes
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
John 1:1-5119 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Romans 15:419 votes
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Matthew 4:418 votes
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.
Psalms 12:717 votes
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalms 138:217 votes
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Job 42:216 votes
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Psalms 119:16016 votes
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Mark 13:3115 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
John 12:4814 votes
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 17:814 votes
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Revelation 22:18-1914 votes
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Psalms 100:513 votes
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Proverbs 30:513 votes
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Jude 1:313 votes
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Psalms 12:612 votes
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
1 Peter 1:24-2512 votes
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
2 Peter 3:1612 votes
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Luke 21:3311 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
What does the Bible say about preservation?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 40:8 on the subject of preservation. Across 651 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 12:6-7, Matthew 24:35, Matthew 5:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.