27 Bible Verses about The scriptures

and after the lesson out of the law and the prophets was finish'd, the heads of the synagogue sent this message to them; Men and brethren, if you have any instruction to offer to the people, deliver it.

I acquainted you chiefly with what I received myself, that Christ died for our sins, as the scriptures foretold:

You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

he is the person to whom all the prophets give this attestation, that all who believe in him, shall receive remission of sins, by his authority.

for he strenuously disputed with the Jews in publick, proving from the scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.

and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:

but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe."

Then said Jesus to him, get thee hence Satan: for it it written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve ."

Jesus replied, it is likewise written, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

but rather, said he, happy are they who hear the word of God, and put it in practice.

therefore, whoever heareth these instructions of mine, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the prudent man, who built his house upon a rock:

Don't delusively content your selves with being of the audience, but put what you hear in practice:

and said, men and brethren, the prediction which the holy ghost made, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to those that seiz'd Jesus, must have been accomplished.

from the prophet's OWN MOTION; but the holy men of God spoke by the IMPULSE of the holy spirit.

Wherefore as the holy spirit saith, "since to-day you hear his voice,

but he answered them, my mother and brethren are these, who attend to the word of God, and practise it.

I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word.

but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe."

hath not the scripture said, that the Messiah is to rise out of the family of David, and out of Bethlehem, the village where David was born?

have you not read, said he, this passage of scripture, "the stone which the builders rejected, is become the principal stone of the angle.

but when he, the spirit of truth shall come, he will inform you of all those truths: for he will not speak from himself; but the information he shall receive will he communicate: and acquaint you with what is to come.

this is what God has revealed to us by his spirit: for the spirit penetrates into all things, even the profound counsels of God. for who knows the thoughts of a man, but the spirit of man which is in him? even so the thoughts of God no one can know, but the spirit of God. now the spirit which we have received, is not the spirit of this world, but that which comes from God; that we might know what he has graciously bestowed upon us. read more.
this is what we declare, not in the words which human wisdom, but which the holy spirit dictates; explaining spiritual things in a spiritual language. but the animal man does not receive the effusions of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

All these things happened to them for examples: and are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

according as it is written, "he that glorieth, should glory in the Lord."

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

and if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall exclude him from any interest in the tree of life, and in the holy city, and in the things which are written in this book."

but they that rest themselves upon the works of the law, are obnoxious to the curse: for it is written, " cursed is every one, who continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the law, to do them:"

but Jesus answered him, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every thing that God shall prescribe."

it is the action of the mind that vivifies, that of the body profits nothing: the words that I have delivered to you, spiritually understood, give life.

who also hath enabled me to be a minister of the new covenant, not of the literal sense, but of the spiritual meaning: it is the letter that denounces death, but the spirit gives life.

Besides, we have the more authentic accounts of the prophets, to which you do well in giving your attention, as to a lamp shining in an obscure place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star arises in your hearts.

and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:

which God had promised by his prophets in the holy scriptures,

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

throw off then your vices as dregs and scum: and receive with docility that genuine doctrine, which is effectual to your salvation. Don't delusively content your selves with being of the audience, but put what you hear in practice: for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror:

to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,

sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.

to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,

you are already clean by the instructions I have given you.

now whatever was heretofore writ, was writ for our instruction; that we through patience and the comfortable promises of the scriptures might have hope.

now whatever was heretofore writ, was writ for our instruction; that we through patience and the comfortable promises of the scriptures might have hope.

sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.

as for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and their senators, by their not knowing who he was, and by condemning him, they have accomplished the declarations of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day:

Jesus answered them, you are mistaken, for want of a true notion of the scriptures, and of the divine power.

much every way: chiefly, because they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

let a speaker deliver nothing but what is agreeable to the divine oracles: and let him that attends the poor, be active in proportion to the strength God has given him. amen.

for the word of God is active and efficacious, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even to the division of soul and spirit, to the smallest and most inward parts, distinguishing the thoughts, and intentions of the heart.

but rather, said he, happy are they who hear the word of God, and put it in practice.

'tis he that has voluntarily renew'd us by the oracles of truth, that we might be the first converts of the new creation.

since your regeneration is not owing to any corruptible principles, but to the unchangeable word of the immortal God.

the Jews there were of a more generous temper than those of Thessalonica: for they very readily embrac'd their doctrine, and daily examin'd, whether it was conformable to the scriptures.

but rather, said he, happy are they who hear the word of God, and put it in practice.

whereas, he that attentively considers the perfect law of liberty, and is attach'd thereto, he is not a forgetful hearer, but reduces it to practice, and his conduct is crown'd with hapiness.

Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

but Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets, let them mind them.

nor do we fail of giving thanks to God continually, that, when you received the word of God, which we preach, you did not receive it as the doctrine of men, but as a doctrine that appears to be truly divine, by the influences it displays in you, who believe.

You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

they answered him, are you also of Galilee? search the scriptures, and you will not find that a prophet did ever arise out of Galilee.

nor do we fail of giving thanks to God continually, that, when you received the word of God, which we preach, you did not receive it as the doctrine of men, but as a doctrine that appears to be truly divine, by the influences it displays in you, who believe.

"I declare to every one that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if any one shall add to these things, God shall strike him with the plagues that are written in this book: and if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall exclude him from any interest in the tree of life, and in the holy city, and in the things which are written in this book."

for we are not like others, who adulterate the word of God; but we preach the pure gospel of Christ, as I receiv'd it from God, and as in the presence of God.

this is what we declare, not in the words which human wisdom, but which the holy spirit dictates; explaining spiritual things in a spiritual language.

renouncing all secret dishonesty, and void of all artifice, I deliver the word of God unadulterated, and recommend my self by urging the truth home to every man's conscience, as in the presence of God.

for all divinely inspired writings are conducive to instruction, to conviction, to reformation, and the practice of virtue; that the minister of God may be perfectly accomplished for every office of religion.

Let the christian doctrine be the familiar subject of your entertainment: in all wisdom instructing and exhorting one another, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, melodiously tuning your grateful praises to God.

Let the christian doctrine be the familiar subject of your entertainment: in all wisdom instructing and exhorting one another, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, melodiously tuning your grateful praises to God.

Besides, we have the more authentic accounts of the prophets, to which you do well in giving your attention, as to a lamp shining in an obscure place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star arises in your hearts. But you must above all consider, that no prophecy of the scripture did proceed from the prophet's OWN MOTION; but the holy men of God spoke by the IMPULSE of the holy spirit.

let salvation be your helmet, and the divine doctrine your spiritual sword.

and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:

and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:

for all divinely inspired writings are conducive to instruction, to conviction, to reformation, and the practice of virtue;

for the word of God is active and efficacious, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even to the division of soul and spirit, to the smallest and most inward parts, distinguishing the thoughts, and intentions of the heart.

as it were in all his epistles, where he takes notice of these things: in which there are some passages that are difficult to understand, which the illiterate, and unstable wrest, as they do the rest of the scriptures, to their own ruin.

let a speaker deliver nothing but what is agreeable to the divine oracles: and let him that attends the poor, be active in proportion to the strength God has given him. amen.

But you must above all consider, that no prophecy of the scripture did proceed

and by the writings of the prophets (according to the commandment of the eternal God) made known to all the Gentiles, to induce them to obey the faith:

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

You are in the right, said he, to abolish the laws of God, to make way for such traditions. Moses said, "honour thy father and thy mother;" and, if any one speak contemptibly of his father, or his mother, let him be put to death. but your doctrine is this, if any one shall tell his father or his mother, that what he could bestow for their relief, is corban, that is, to be given to the temple; read more.
you discharge him from the obligation of doing any thing for his father or his mother. by such traditions, and such a number of practices, as you have settled, the word of God is stript of all its authority.

and which the architects rejected, will be an occasion to the incredulous of their stumbling, and bruising themselves thereby:

now whatever was heretofore writ, was writ for our instruction; that we through patience and the comfortable promises of the scriptures might have hope.

'tis he that has voluntarily renew'd us by the oracles of truth, that we might be the first converts of the new creation.

and now, my brethren, I recommend you to God, and to his gracious dispensation, which is able to improve you, and secure to you the inheritance with those who are sanctify'd.

but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Messias, the son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name.

throw off then your vices as dregs and scum: and receive with docility that genuine doctrine, which is effectual to your salvation.

the Jews there were of a more generous temper than those of Thessalonica: for they very readily embrac'd their doctrine, and daily examin'd, whether it was conformable to the scriptures.

Don't delusively content your selves with being of the audience, but put what you hear in practice:

which God had promised by his prophets in the holy scriptures,

the Jews there were of a more generous temper than those of Thessalonica: for they very readily embrac'd their doctrine, and daily examin'd, whether it was conformable to the scriptures.

then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them,

much every way: chiefly, because they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

then beginning at Moses he explain'd all the passages there, and in all the prophets, which related to himself.

and when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that expression of his: and they believed the scripture, and what Jesus had said.