Gateway Bible Passage Lookup (2024)

FAQs

How do I look up a scripture passage? ›

Choose a search engine, or go to a website dedicated to Bible study. Type the name of the book and the chapter and verse numbers into the search engine. Type the verse number in the generally accepted format if you can. For example, you'll get more accurate results if you type, "John 3:16," than, "Chapter 3 16 John."

Top Bible Verses about Strength

2 Corinthians 12:9 - “My grace is all you need, for my power is the greatest when you are weak.” Psalm 73:26 - "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Nehemiah 8:10 - "Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

Work Cited

The Bible. King James Version. Bible Gateway, version 42, Bible Gateway / Zondervan, 2016. If you are a scholar citing a version of the Bible conventionally known by its title, such as The Wycliffe Bible, you might list the name of the version as the title of the source.

Use a concordance, topical Bible or electronic word search. To find the sections of the Bible that discuss a specific topic, it can help to use reference books or computer software. A concordance is a book that lists the words used in the Bible and tells which verses have that word.

A common answer you may have already heard (or possibly the first answer you'd get on Google) when asking what the Bible says about tattoos is a reference to Leviticus 19:28 from the Old Testament: “You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.”

One of the most difficult verses in the Bible, not to understand, but to accept, is 1 Corithians 6:9-10. I don't think it could be more politically incorrect! Yet, it is the Scripture and it is truth. “9 Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God?

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Psalm 31:24 - "Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!" Isaiah 41:10 - "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

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Again, there is no explicit scriptural prohibition against cremation. Some believers oppose cremation because they believe it doesn't honor the doctrine that God will one day resurrect their bodies and reunite them with their soul/spirit.

What is the shortest verse in the Bible? ›

"Jesus wept" (Koinē Greek: ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, romanized: edákrusen ho Iēsoûs, pronounced [ɛˈdakrysɛn (h)o i. eˈsus]) is a phrase famous for being the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible, as well as in many other translations.

In the King James Version (KJV) Esther 8:9 is the longest verse and John 11:35 is the shortest. Sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of Ephesians 2:8–9, and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of Genesis 1:2.

When citing a passage of scripture, include the abbreviated name of the book, the chapter number, and the verse number—never a page number. Chapter and verse are separated by a colon. Example: 1 Cor. 13:4, 15:12-19.

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John 5:39-44 NKJV

You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. “I do not receive honor from men.

Read with your mind engaged, thinking deeply about the meaning of the words as you say them. And read with your whole body — stand up straight, plant your feet firmly, breathe deeply, and make eye contact as much as possible. Let God's Word speak.