18 Bible Verses about Use Of The Scriptures

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,

But the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given -- because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ -- to those who believe.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

Jesus said to them, "Aren't you deceived for this reason, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God?

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it."

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.