'It is Written' in the Bible

(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught "The Bow." Indeed, it is written down in the Book of Yashar.)

and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: "Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written."

Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.

"In Bethlehem of Judea," they said, "for it is written this way by the prophet:

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!"

The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord"),

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'

This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and 'Let another take his position of responsibility.'

But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have fathered you.'

The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,

Paul replied, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

For just as it is written, "the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one,

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed -- the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news."

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God."

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name."

but as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living person"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

as it is written: "The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little."

Just as it is written, "He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever."

For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband."

"Then I said, 'Here I am: I have come -- it is written of me in the scroll of the book -- to do your will, O God.'"

for it is written, "You shall be holy, because I am holy."