The word in Scripture

Precept in the Bible

The word precept appears 11 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A precept is a specific instruction of God for living. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What precept means in the Bible

A precept is a specific instruction of God for living.

Where the word precept appears

Here is every passage where the word precept appears, in the words of the King James Bible:

“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:”Isaiah 28:10

“But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.”Isaiah 28:13

“Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:”Isaiah 29:13

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.”Mark 10:5

“For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,”Hebrews 9:19