Bible Verses About Writing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for writing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 830 votes, led by Habakkuk 2:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Writing
Habakkuk 2:2130 votes
And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Romans 15:473 votes
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
2 Timothy 3:1673 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Proverbs 3:3-462 votes
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Hebrews 4:1259 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.
Isaiah 40:856 votes
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Psalms 45:142 votes
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Revelation 1:1937 votes
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Esther 8:834 votes
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
Deuteronomy 28:1232 votes
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Jeremiah 30:232 votes
Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Acts 20:3532 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
John 10:3526 votes
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Psalms 23:1-624 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Philippians 4:624 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Proverbs 16:319 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Revelation 21:515 votes
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Deuteronomy 31:2413 votes
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
Jeremiah 29:1113 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Philippians 4:1313 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:811 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Revelation 1:1-310 votes
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:
What does the Bible say about writing?
Readers most often cite Habakkuk 2:2 on the subject of writing. Across 830 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 15:4, 2 Timothy 3:16, Proverbs 3:3-4. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.