The Bible says that the words of God are the truth. The words of the Lord are spirit and life and are both water and fire. The word of God is a lamp and a light and is quick, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and delivers, heals, and gives life to everyone, who believes. The whole creation is created by the Word of God and testifies of God. The words of the Lord cause sinners to repent and turn from their wicked ways. Ko era, who have found the Word have found the Way, the Truth and the Life. To them the words of God are precious, since they are the truth and contain the knowledge, wisdom and life of God. They listen to the words of God and believe and obey them. They that love God’s words love Jesus and the Father and keep His words and commandments in their heart and do them, so that they stay in Him. They obey His words and follow after righteousness because they love righteousness and hate sin and iniquity, just as their Lord and Father of Whom they are born. The words of the Father will be in the mouths and hearts of His sons (e pa ana tenei ki nga tane me nga wahine) forever.
What does the Bible say about the words of God?
The Bible is the Word of God, but what does the Bible say about the words of God? Below are some of the many Scriptures about the words of God.
The words of God are the truth
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of Thy righteous judgments endures for ever (Himene 119:160)
Thou art near, O Lord; and all Thy commandments are truth (Himene 119:151).
For the word of the Lord is right; and all His works are done in truth (Himene 33:4).
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth (Himene 119:142)
Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth (Hone 17:17-19)
The words of God are knowledge, wisdom and understanding
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly (Whakatauki 2:6-7)
The worlds are framed by the word of God
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth (Himene 33:6)
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 (Hiperu 11:3 (Panuitia hoki: I hanga e te Atua te rangi me te whenua i nga ra e ono?))
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: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men (2 Pita 3:5-7)
The words of God are spirit and life
My son, attend to My words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh (Whakatauki 4:20-21)
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Thy precepts (Himene 119:45)
And Jesus answered him, e kii ana, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God (Ruka 4:4)
It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life (Hone 6:63)
The words of God are quick and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 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. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do (Hiperu 4:11-13)
The words of God are righteousness
My tongue shall speak of Thy word: for all Thy commandments are righteousness (Himene 119:172)
The words of God are a lamp and a light
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep Thy righteous judgments (Himene 119:105-106)
The entrance of Thy words give light; it gives understanding unto the simple (Himene 119:130)
The words of God are like fire
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them (Heremaia 5:14 (Panuitia hoki: God’s Word is a consuming fire)
Is not My word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? (Heremaia 23:29)
The words of God are like water
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you (Hone 15:3)
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, That He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Epeha 5:25-27 Panuitia hoki: The washing water of the Word))
The words of God are pure and keeps the way of the believer pure
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times (Himene 12:6)
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all them that trust in Him (2 Samuel 22:31, Himene 18:30)
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word (Himene 119:9)
I have refrained (restrained) my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Thy word. I have not departed from Thy judgments: for Thou hast taught me. How sweet are Thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way (Himene 119:101-104)
Thy word is very pure: therefore Thy servant loves it (Himene 119:140)
The words of God turn sinners from their wicked ways (if the sinner wants to)
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings (Heremaia 23:21-22)
The words of God deliver and save
I tukuna e ia tana kupu, a whakaorangia ana ratou, a whakaorangia ake ratou io ratou ngaromanga (Himene 107:20 (Panuitia hoki: What does it mean God send His Word and healed them?))
Let Thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even Thy salvation, according to Thy word (Himene 119:41)
Turn you at My reproof: behold, Ka ringihia e au toku Wairua ki a koutou, I will make known My words unto you (Whakatauki 1:23)
He pono, pono, Ko taku kupu ki a koe, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life (Hone 5:24 (Panuitia hoki: God’s Word brings deliverance).
The words of God comfort and quicken
Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me (given me live (Himene 119:49-50)
Unless Thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. I will never forget Thy precepts: for with them Thou has quickened me (given me life (Himene 119:92-93)
What will happen to those, who don’t believe the words of God?
Jesus cried and said, He that believes on Me, believes not on Me, but on Him that sent Me. And he that seeth Me seeth Him that sent Me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on Me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
He that rejects Me, and receives not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak (Hone 12:44-50 (Panuitia hoki: God’s Word has the final word on the Day of Judgment))
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not Thy statutes (Himene 119:155)
This evil people, which refuse to hear My words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto Me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear (Heremaia 13:10-11 (Panuitia hoki: God’s Word brings division))
What will happen to those, who are ashamed of the words of God?
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels (Mark 8:38, Ruka 9:26 (Panuitia hoki: Jesus wasn’t ashamed))
The sons of God listen to the words of God
Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the Rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged (Ihaia 51:1)
Hearken unto Me, My people; and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for a law shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for a light of the people. My righteousness is near; My salvation is gone forth, and Mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon Me and on Mine arm shall they trust (Ihaia 51:4-5)
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Roma 10:17)
The sons of God believe and trust in the words of God
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in Thy word (Himene 119:42)
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believe Thy commandments (Himene 119:66)
The words of God abides in His sons
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 (1 Hone 2:14)
If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples (Hone 15:7-8)
The sons of God love the words of God and keep His words
I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. I will delight myself in Thy statutes: I will not forget Thy word. Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy word (Himene 119:16-17 (Panuitia hoki: The sons of God walk in the truth of God’s Word))
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee (Himene 119:11)
I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto Thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in Thy statutes (Himene 119:47-48)
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep Thy words (Himene 119:57)
Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of Thy mouth (Himene 119:88)
I hate vain thoughts: but Thy law do I love (Himene 119:113)
My son, keep My words, and lay up My commandments with thee. Puritia aku whakahau, ka ora; and My law as the apple of thine eye (Whakatauki 7:1-2 (Panuitia hoki: God’s Word is a mirror))
Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar (Whakatauki 30:5-6)
And He answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it (Ruka 8:21)
But He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it (Ruka 11:28)
Ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him. He that loves Me not keeps not My sayings: and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father’s which sent Me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (Hone 14:23-26 (Panuitia hoki: Waiho te Kupu hei Kaiwhakawa mōu))
The sons of God speak the words of God and shall not be ashamed
Blessed art Thou, o Lord: teach me Thy statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of Thy mouth (Himene 119:12-13)
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in Thy judgments. So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever (Himene 119:43-44)
I believed, therefore have I spoken (Himene 116:10)
My tongue shall speak of Thy word: for all Thy commandments are righteousness (Himene 119:172)
I will speak of Thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed (Himene 119:46)
As for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever (Ihaia 59:21)
And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15)
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him (Hone 3:33-34)
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness (Nga Mahi 4:31)
We having the same Spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak (2 Koriniti 4:13)
Kia mau hoki ki te potae o te whakaoranga, me te hoari a te Wairua, ko te kupu tenei a te Atua (Epeha 6:17)
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 (Whakakitenga 6:9)
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 (Whakakitenga 20:4)
The sons of God delight and rejoice in the words of God
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of Thy word. I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil (Himene 119:162-163)
I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, as much as in all riches (Himene 119:14)
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors (Himene 119:24)
All the words of God shall come to pass
For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it (Ihaia 55:10-11)
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of My words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa (Ezekiela 12:28)
The words of God stand forever
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of Thy righteous judgments endures for ever (Himene 119:160)
Concerning Thy testimonies, I have known of old that Thou hast founded them forever (Himene 119:151)
Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven (Himene 119:89)
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away (Matiu 24:35 Mark 13:31, Ruka 21:33 (Panuitia hoki: God’s Word is settled forever))
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abides for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away: But the word of the Lord endures for ever (1 Pita 1:22-25)
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this Book
Whakakitenga 22:7
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