Give me the Bible

Give me the Bible, star of gladness gleaming,
To cheer the wanderer lone and tempest tossed,
No storm can hide that peaceful radiance beaming,
Since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.

Give me the Bible - holy message shining,
Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way.
Precept and promise, law and love combining,
Till night shall vanish in eternal day.

Give me the Bible when my heart is broken,
When sin and grief have filled my soul with fear;
Give me the precious words by Jesus spoken,
Hold up faith's lamp to show my Saviour near.

Give me the Bible, all my steps enlighten,
Teach me the danger of these realms below;
That lamp of safety, o'er the gloom shall brighten,
That light alone the path of peace can show.

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
~ Psalm 12:6

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
~ Psalm 119:140

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
~ Proverbs 30:5

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
~ Psalm 119:160

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
~ John 17:17

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.
~ Hebrews 4:12

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
~ Jeremiah 23:29

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
~ Isaiah 40:8