Bible Verses About The Word
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the word, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 12,045 votes, led by Hebrews 4:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Word
Hebrews 4:12310 votes
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.
John 1:1236 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Psalms 119:105225 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Matthew 4:4214 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.
2 Timothy 3:16-17191 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Isaiah 55:11189 votes
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Colossians 3:16188 votes
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.
John 1:14168 votes
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.
Romans 10:17167 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Psalms 119:11161 votes
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
John 17:17160 votes
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
John 6:63153 votes
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 15:3150 votes
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Matthew 24:35149 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 11:28141 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Isaiah 40:8131 votes
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
James 1:22128 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 1:21127 votes
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
2 Timothy 3:16125 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
1 Peter 2:2124 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Proverbs 30:5121 votes
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Job 23:12117 votes
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
2 Timothy 2:15117 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Deuteronomy 8:3109 votes
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
John 8:31-32104 votes
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
What does the Bible say about the word?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 4:12 on the subject of the word. Across 12,045 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 1:1, Psalms 119:105, Matthew 4:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.