John 5:39

Further Testimony About The Son

³⁸ And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent. ³⁹ You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me. ⁴⁰ And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

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Luke 24:27

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

Luke 24:44

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

John 7:52

This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

Deuteronomy 11:18-20

So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;

Deuteronomy 17:18-19

And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

Deuteronomy 18:15

The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.

Deuteronomy 32:47

And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

Joshua 1:8

Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

Psalm 1:2

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

Psalm 16:11

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

Psalm 21:4

He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

Psalm 119:11

I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

Psalm 119:97-99

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

Proverbs 6:23

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

Proverbs 8:33-34

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Isaiah 8:20

Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

Isaiah 34:16

See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

Daniel 12:2

And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

Matthew 19:16-20

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

Mark 12:10

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

Luke 10:25-29

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

Luke 16:29

But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

Luke 16:31

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

John 1:45

Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 5:32

There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

John 5:36

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

John 5:46

If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

Acts 8:32-35

Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

Acts 13:27

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

Acts 26:22-23

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

Romans 1:2

Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

Romans 2:17-18

But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

Romans 3:2

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

2 Timothy 3:14-17

But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

Hebrews 11:16

But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;

1 Peter 1:10-11

For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;

2 Peter 1:19-21

And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

Revelation 19:10

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.