Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Light
General references
Bible References
It is
Matthew 6:23
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
Matthew 22:29
The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.
Mark 7:7
But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'
Romans 1:22
While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
2 Peter 1:9
For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins.
Light
2 Peter 1:19
And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
General references
Matthew 14:4
because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Luke 10:26
"Go to the Law," said Jesus; "what is written there? how does it read?"