THE REAL TREASURE
Bible Study / Daily Devotional
Average reading time is about * minutes
AN AMAZING FACT: The estimated value of a complete copy of the original Gutenberg Bible is a staggering $30 million. Individual pages sell for as much as $20,000 to $100,000!
Wisdom Verses:
“Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.” —Proverbs 30:5, 6.
The Gutenberg Bible, first printed in 1454, was the first major book ever printed with moveable metal type in the Western world. Before this Bible was created, books had to be printed from wood blocks engraved with letters or copied out by hand. Sometimes this took many years to finish.
Johannes Gutenberg was the first European to print with moveable type. This ingenious man also invented the printing press, which he used to print the now-famous Bible. Gutenberg’s Bible contains 1,272 pages. Rubrics, or decorative headings, were hand painted on some of the copies of the Bible, and the quality of the multi-color printing was excellent. Some people consider the Gutenberg Bible one of the most beautiful books in the world.
Sadly, out of more than 150 original copies, only 49 copies of this Bible are known to exist and, of those, only 21 are complete. While most of the copies are in Europe, several are in North America and several more in other parts of the world.
As impressive, important, and valuable as the Gutenberg Bible is, the words contained inside it are the real treasure. These are “the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15). The ultimate purpose of the Bible is to help us find salvation.
There is a warning in our verse for this morning: “Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar” (v. 6). Some people “tweak” the Scriptures to suit their own purpose. But we should be careful never to misquote, alter, or twist the meaning of Bible passages.
Our verse also tells us that “every word of God is pure.” This is similar to the psalm that reads, “The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6). Because the Scriptures contain the purest truth in the universe—the very words of God—we can put our complete trust in what the Bible says.
My Lord, thank you for the precious message of salvation you have given me in your precious Word.
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 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. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. Proverbs 30:1-16
Bible Study / Daily Devotional
Average reading time is about * minutes
AN AMAZING FACT: The estimated value of a complete copy of the original Gutenberg Bible is a staggering $30 million. Individual pages sell for as much as $20,000 to $100,000!
Wisdom Verses:
“Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.” —Proverbs 30:5, 6.
The Gutenberg Bible, first printed in 1454, was the first major book ever printed with moveable metal type in the Western world. Before this Bible was created, books had to be printed from wood blocks engraved with letters or copied out by hand. Sometimes this took many years to finish.
Johannes Gutenberg was the first European to print with moveable type. This ingenious man also invented the printing press, which he used to print the now-famous Bible. Gutenberg’s Bible contains 1,272 pages. Rubrics, or decorative headings, were hand painted on some of the copies of the Bible, and the quality of the multi-color printing was excellent. Some people consider the Gutenberg Bible one of the most beautiful books in the world.
Sadly, out of more than 150 original copies, only 49 copies of this Bible are known to exist and, of those, only 21 are complete. While most of the copies are in Europe, several are in North America and several more in other parts of the world.
As impressive, important, and valuable as the Gutenberg Bible is, the words contained inside it are the real treasure. These are “the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15). The ultimate purpose of the Bible is to help us find salvation.
There is a warning in our verse for this morning: “Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar” (v. 6). Some people “tweak” the Scriptures to suit their own purpose. But we should be careful never to misquote, alter, or twist the meaning of Bible passages.
Our verse also tells us that “every word of God is pure.” This is similar to the psalm that reads, “The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6). Because the Scriptures contain the purest truth in the universe—the very words of God—we can put our complete trust in what the Bible says.
My Lord, thank you for the precious message of salvation you have given me in your precious Word.
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 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. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. Proverbs 30:1-16
THE REAL TREASURE
Bible Study / Daily Devotional
Average reading time is about * minutes
AN AMAZING FACT: The estimated value of a complete copy of the original Gutenberg Bible is a staggering $30 million. Individual pages sell for as much as $20,000 to $100,000!
Wisdom Verses:
“Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.” —Proverbs 30:5, 6.
The Gutenberg Bible, first printed in 1454, was the first major book ever printed with moveable metal type in the Western world. Before this Bible was created, books had to be printed from wood blocks engraved with letters or copied out by hand. Sometimes this took many years to finish.
Johannes Gutenberg was the first European to print with moveable type. This ingenious man also invented the printing press, which he used to print the now-famous Bible. Gutenberg’s Bible contains 1,272 pages. Rubrics, or decorative headings, were hand painted on some of the copies of the Bible, and the quality of the multi-color printing was excellent. Some people consider the Gutenberg Bible one of the most beautiful books in the world.
Sadly, out of more than 150 original copies, only 49 copies of this Bible are known to exist and, of those, only 21 are complete. While most of the copies are in Europe, several are in North America and several more in other parts of the world.
As impressive, important, and valuable as the Gutenberg Bible is, the words contained inside it are the real treasure. These are “the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15). The ultimate purpose of the Bible is to help us find salvation.
There is a warning in our verse for this morning: “Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar” (v. 6). Some people “tweak” the Scriptures to suit their own purpose. But we should be careful never to misquote, alter, or twist the meaning of Bible passages.
Our verse also tells us that “every word of God is pure.” This is similar to the psalm that reads, “The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6). Because the Scriptures contain the purest truth in the universe—the very words of God—we can put our complete trust in what the Bible says.
My Lord, thank you for the precious message of salvation you have given me in your precious Word.
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 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. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. Proverbs 30:1-16
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