He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew13:22.

But hethat received seed into the good ground ishethat heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew13:23.

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke1:38.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke 2:29^32.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St  John1:1^3.

And theWord wasmade flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St  John1:14.

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said,It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Acts of the  Apostles 6:2^4.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season.

-Bible (NewTestament)
  Timothy 4:2.

God, whoat sundry times and indiversmannersspake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds: Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Hebrews1:1^3.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Hebrews 4:12.

Behold,I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation 3:8.

   Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. See Bible (NewTestament) 115:27.

-Bible (Vulgate)
St Luke 2:29.

   We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we from time to time most grievouslyhave committed,By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us.

-Book of Common Prayer
Holy Communion, General Confession.

Have mercy upon all Jews,Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take fromthem all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word.

-Book of Common Prayer
Collects, Good Friday.

I found myself growing increasingly irritated with the notion of a British novel, which was really an irritation with the word British, a grey, unsatisfactory, bad- weather kind of word, a piece of linguistic compromise.

-Buford, Bill (William Holmes)
  Editorial, Granta, no.43.

'That's a great deal tomake one word mean,'Alicesaid in a thoughtful tone. 'When I make a word do a lot of work like that,'said Humpty Dumpty,'I always pay it extra.'

-Dodgson
Through the Looking-Glass, ch.6,'Humpty Dumpty'.

'There's glory for you!' 'I don't know what you mean by ''glory'','Alice said. 'Imeant,''there's a niceknock-down argument for you!''' 'But ''glory''doesn't mean''a nice knock-down argument'','Alice objected. 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone,'it means just what I choose it to meanöneither more nor less.'

-Dodgson
Through the Looking-Glass, ch.6,'Humpty Dumpty'.

'By God,'quod he,'for pleynly, at a word, Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a toord!'

-Chaucer, Geoffrey
  Canterbury  Tales,'Sir Thopas', l.929^30.

When all philosophies shall fail, This word alone shall fit; That a sage feels too small for life, And a fool too large for it.

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
Ballad of the White Horse, bk.8.

Bilbo's the word, and slaughter will ensue.

-Congreve,William
  Bluffe to Sir  Joseph. The Old Bachelor, act 3, sc.7.