Bible Verses About The Origin Of Writing

And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Direct Bible statement that the tablets were God's writing.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Shows sacred writings as the source of wisdom for salvation.

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

Direct apostolic example of letters being written.

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Direct Bible statement that Moses wrote the words of the LORD.

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

Direct Bible statement about Baruch writing Jeremiah's words on a scroll.

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

Clear passage that the tablets were written by the LORD.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Shows Scripture written for instruction, which fits the role of writing.

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Uses written correspondence imagery for spiritual instruction.

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Same Exodus teaching in a parallel passage.

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

Prophetic command to write a vision on a tablet.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

Direct command to write the spoken words in a book.

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.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

Reinforces the written law as God's own words on tablets.

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

Shows official written instruction in the biblical record.

And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

Another written letter example in Scripture.

The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

Paul's own hand as a written sign in his epistles.