2 Peter 1:19
and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself;
Matthew 6:23
but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then ??what a darkness it is!
Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
Mark 7:7-9
vain is their worship of me, for the doctrines they teach are but human precepts.
Luke 10:26
He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"
Luke 16:29-31
'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'
John 5:39
You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.
John 5:46-47
For if you believed Moses you would believe me, since it was of me that he wrote.
Acts 17:11
where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.
Romans 1:22
They claimed to be wise, but they have become fools;
Galatians 3:8-29
Besides, Scripture anticipated God's justification of the Gentiles by faith when it announced the gospel beforehand to Abraham in these terms: All nations shall be blessed in thee.
Galatians 4:21-22
Tell me, you who are keen to be under the Law, will you not listen to the Law?
2 Timothy 3:15-17
remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:9
whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins.