Isaiah 8:20

The Darkness Turns To Light

¹⁹ "So when they advise you, "Ask the mediums your questions, and quiz the spiritists who chirp and mutter,' shouldn't a people instead be consulting their God and not the dead on behalf of those who are living ²⁰ for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them. ²¹ "They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,

Says the Lord

No

Micah 3:6

"You will have nights without visions, and darkness without prophecy. The sun will set on the prophets, and the day will darken for them.

2 Peter 1:19

Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Isaiah 8:16

"Bind up the testimony, and seal up the teaching among my disciples.

Psalm 19:7-8

The Law of the LORD is perfect, restoring life. The testimony of the LORD is steadfast, making foolish people wise.

Psalm 119:130

The disclosure of your words illuminates, providing understanding to the simple.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

Isaiah 1:10

"Listen to what the LORD says, you rulers of Sodom, and pay attention to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 30:8-11

"Go now, and write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribing it in a book, so that for times to come it may be an everlasting witness.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men will be put to shame. They'll be dismayed and taken captive. Look, they have rejected the message from the LORD! So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.

Malachi 4:2

But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls

Matthew 6:23

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

Mark 7:7-9

Their worship of me is worthless, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'

Luke 10:26

Jesus answered him, "What is written in the Law? What do you read there?"

Luke 16:29-31

"Abraham said, "They have Moses and the Prophets. They should listen to them!'

John 5:39

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

John 5:46-47

because if you believed Moses, you would believe me, since he wrote about me.

Acts 17:11

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

Romans 1:22

Though claiming to be wise, they became fools

Galatians 3:8-29

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

Galatians 4:21-22

Tell me, those of you who want to live under the Law: Are you really listening to what the Law says?

2 Timothy 3:15-17

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

2 Peter 1:9

For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins.