14 Bible Verses about Scribes

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Matthew 26:3

Then the high priests and the elders of the people were gathered together into the court of the high priest who was called Caiaphas;

Mark 14:1

Now after two days was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the high priests and the scribes were seeking how, taking Him by guile, they might kill Him;

Luke 22:2

and the high priests and scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were fearing the people.

Matthew 21:15

And the high-priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things which He did, and the boys who were crying in the temple, and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" were much displeased,

Luke 19:47

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the high priests and the scribes and the chief men of the people were seeking to destroy Him;

Mark 11:18

And the high priests and scribes heard it, and were seeking how they might destroy Him; for they were fearing Him, for all the multitude was astonished at His teaching.

Matthew 23:27-28

"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like white-washed sepulchres, which outwardly, indeed, appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness. So ye also outwardly, indeed, appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 23:1-7

Then Jesus spake to the multitude, and to His disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat. All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works; for they say and do not.read more.
And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them upon the shoulders of men; but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. But all their works they do with the view to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge their fringes; and they love the first place in the feasts, and the front seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men 'Rabbi.'

Mark 12:38-39

And in His teaching He said, "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes and have salutations in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts;

Luke 20:45-46

And, while all the people were hearing, He said to the disciples, "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at feasts;

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Blindness » Instances of » Scribes

Pride » Exemplified » Scribes

Mark 12:38-39

And in His teaching He said, "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes and have salutations in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts;

Scribes » Acted as » Secretaries to kings

Scribes » Acted as » Keepers of the muster-rolls of the host

Scribes » Modern » Regarded as interpreters of scripture

Mark 12:35

And Jesus, answering, said, while teaching in the temple, "How do the scribes say that the Christ is David's Son?

Matthew 2:4

and having assembled all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them, "Where the Christ should be born,"

Matthew 17:10

And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Scribes » Families celebrated for furnishing » Levi

Scribes » Modern » Often offended at out lord's conduct and teaching

Matthew 21:15

And the high-priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things which He did, and the boys who were crying in the temple, and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" were much displeased,

Mark 2:6-7

But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, "Why doth this Man speak thus? He blasphemeth! Who can forgive sins but One, God?"

Scribes » Modern » Persecuted the early Christians

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the Scribes; and, coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrin,

Acts 4:5

And it came to pass, the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

Acts 4:18

And, having called them they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.

Scribes » Acted as » Secretaries to prophets

Scribes » Modern » Were doctors of the law

Matthew 22:35

and one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, tempting Him:

Mark 12:28

And one of the scribes, coming near, hearing them discussing together, knowing that He answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is first of all?"

Scribes » Modern » Active in procuring our lord's death

Matthew 26:3

Then the high priests and the elders of the people were gathered together into the court of the high priest who was called Caiaphas;

Luke 23:10

And the high priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing Him.

Scribes » Modern » Their manner of teaching contrasting with that of Christ

Mark 1:22

And they were astonished at His teaching; for He was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

Scribes » Modern » Esteemed wise and learned

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Scribes » Generally men of great wisdom

Scribes » Families celebrated for furnishing » Kenites

Scribes » Acted as » Notaries in courts of justice

Scribes » Acted as » Writers of public documents

Scribes » Acted as » Religious teachers

Scribes » Modern » Wore long robes and loved pre-eminence

Mark 12:38-39

And in His teaching He said, "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes and have salutations in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts;

Scribes » Modern » Condemned by Christ for hypocrisy

Matthew 23:15

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves.

Scribes » Illustrated of well-instructed ministers of the gospel

Matthew 13:52

and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old."

Scribes » Wore an inkhorn at their girdles

Scribes » Modern » Sat in moses' seat

Scribes » Families celebrated for furnishing » Zebulun

Scribes » Antiquity of

Scribes » Were ready writers

Scribes » Modern » Were frequently pharisees

Acts 23:9

And there arose a great clamor, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees, rising up, were fiercely contending, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but, if a spirit spake to him, or an angel ??"

Scribes » Modern » Tempted our lord

John 8:3

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to Him a woman taken in adultery; and, having placed her in the midst,

Scribes » Often learned in the law

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Theasaurus: Scribes

Document (19 instances)
Epistle (14 instances)
Inscribe (11 instances)
Letter (103 instances)
Parchment (2 instances)
Record (146 instances)
Scribe (61 instances)
Scroll (176 instances)
Signature (4 instances)
Signed (12 instances)
Stylus (7 instances)
Writing-Table (1 instance)
Written (388 instances)
Wrote (85 instances)