Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

General references

Bible References

Can

John 5:19
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the Son can do nothing on his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing, What the Father does, the Son does likewise.
John 8:28
So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me.
John 14:10
You believe, don't you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I don't speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me and who carries out his work.

I judge

John 8:15
You're judging by human standards, but I'm not judging anyone.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! The Judge of all the earth will do what is right, won't he?"
Psalm 96:13
in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.
Isaiah 11:3
His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see, nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,
Romans 2:2
Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth.

Because

John 4:34
Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.
John 6:38
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
John 8:50
I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks it, and he is the Judge.
John 17:4
I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.
John 18:11
Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
Psalm 40:7
Then I said, "Here I am! I have come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me.
Matthew 26:39
Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."
Romans 15:3
For even the Messiah did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
Hosea 10:7
Samaria's king will float away like driftwood on the surface of water.

General references

John 12:49
because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.

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