Matt.2.5They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
Matt.4.4But he answered, “It is written, “ ‘ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matt.4.6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “ ‘ He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “ ‘ On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Matt.4.7Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Matt.4.10Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘ You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ”
Matt.11.10This is he of whom it is written, “ ‘ Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
Matt.21.13He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
Matt.26.24The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Matt.26.31Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Mark.1.2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “ Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,
Mark.7.6And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘ This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
Mark.9.12And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
Mark.9.13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
Mark.10.4They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”
Mark.10.5And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
Mark.11.17And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
Mark.12.19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Mark.14.21For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Mark.14.27And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Luke.1.3it seemed good to me also, having all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke.1.63And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered.
Luke.2.23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
Luke.3.4As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ’ ”
Luke.4.4And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ”
Luke.4.8And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘ You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ”
Luke.4.10for it is written, “ ‘ He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’
Luke.4.17And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
Luke.7.27This is he of whom it is written, “ ‘ Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
Luke.10.20Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Luke.10.26He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
Luke.16.6He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
Luke.16.7Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
Luke.18.31And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
Luke.19.46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
Luke.20.17But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written: “ ‘ The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
Luke.20.28and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Luke.21.22for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
Luke.22.37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me has its fulfillment.”
Luke.24.44Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Luke.24.46and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
John.1.45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
John.2.17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
John.5.46If you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.
John.6.31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
John.6.45It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—
John.8.6This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
John.8.8And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground.
John.8.17In your Law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
John.10.34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
John.12.14And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
John.12.16His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
John.15.25But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
John.19.19Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
John.19.20Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.
John.19.21So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’ ”
John.19.22Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
John.20.30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
John.20.31but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John.21.24This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
John.21.25Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
Acts.1.20“For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “ ‘ May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “ ‘ Let another take his office.’
Acts.7.42But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “ ‘ Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts.13.29And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
Acts.13.33this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “ ‘ You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
Acts.15.15And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,
Acts.15.20but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.
Acts.18.27And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
Acts.23.5And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”
Acts.23.25And he wrote a letter to this effect:
Acts.24.14But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
Acts.25.26But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write.
Rom.1.17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Rom.2.15They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
Rom.2.24For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Rom.2.27Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
Rom.3.4By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “ That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”
Rom.3.10as it is written: “ None is righteous, no, not one;
Rom.4.17as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Rom.4.23But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone,
Rom.7.6But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.
Rom.8.36As it is written, “ For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Rom.9.13As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Rom.9.33as it is written, “ Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Rom.10.5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
Rom.10.15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
Rom.11.8as it is written, “ God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.”
Rom.11.26And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “ The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
Rom.12.19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Rom.14.11for it is written, “ As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
Rom.15.3For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
Rom.15.4For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Rom.15.9and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “ Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”
Rom.15.15But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God
Rom.15.21but as it is written, “ Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.”
Rom.16.22I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
1Cor.1.19For it is written, “ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
1Cor.1.31Therefore, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
1Cor.2.9But, as it is written, “ What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
1Cor.3.19For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
1Cor.4.6I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
1Cor.4.14I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
1Cor.5.9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—
1Cor.5.11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
1Cor.6.16Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”
1Cor.7.1Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
1Cor.9.9For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
1Cor.9.10Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of in the crop.
1Cor.9.15But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.
1Cor.10.7Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
1Cor.10.11Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.
1Cor.14.21In the Law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
1Cor.14.37If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.
1Cor.15.45Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Cor.15.54When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “ Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1Cor.16.21I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand.
2Cor.1.13For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and acknowledge and I hope you will fully acknowledge—
2Cor.2.3And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
2Cor.2.4For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
2Cor.2.9For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
2Cor.3.2You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.
2Cor.3.3And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2Cor.4.13Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,
2Cor.7.12So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2Cor.8.15As it is written, “Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”
2Cor.9.1Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,
2Cor.9.9As it is written, “ He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
2Cor.13.10For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
Gal.1.20(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)
Gal.3.10For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
Gal.3.13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Gal.4.22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
Gal.4.27For it is written, “ Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.”
Gal.6.11See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
Eph.3.3how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.
Phil.3.1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
Col.4.18I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
1Thess.4.9Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
1Thess.5.1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
2Thess.3.17I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.
1Tim.3.14I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
Phlm.1.19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
Phlm.1.21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Heb.8.10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Heb.10.7Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ”
Heb.10.16“ This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”
Heb.13.22I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
1Pet.1.16since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
1Pet.5.12By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
2Pet.3.1This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
2Pet.3.15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
1John.1.4And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
1John.2.1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1John.2.7Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
1John.2.8At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
1John.2.12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.
1John.2.13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
1John.2.14I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1John.2.21I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
1John.2.26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
1John.5.13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
2John.1.5And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
2John.1.12Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
3John.1.9I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
3John.1.13I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink.
Jude.1.3Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Rev.1.3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
Rev.1.11saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
Rev.1.19Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.
Rev.2.1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
Rev.2.8“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
Rev.2.12“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
Rev.2.17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
Rev.2.18“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes a flame of fire, and whose feet are burnished bronze.
Rev.3.1“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Rev.3.7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
Rev.3.12The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Rev.3.14“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
Rev.5.1Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
Rev.10.4And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
Rev.13.8and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.
Rev.14.1Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Rev.14.13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds them!”
Rev.17.5And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”
Rev.17.8The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
Rev.19.9And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Rev.19.12His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
Rev.19.16On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Rev.20.12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Rev.20.15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev.21.5And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Rev.21.27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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