John 5:39

Further Testimony About The Son

³⁸ You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent. ³⁹ You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me. ⁴⁰ And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.

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Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 7:52

“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

Acts 17:11

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Deuteronomy 11:18-20

“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.

Deuteronomy 17:18-19

When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Deuteronomy 18:15

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Joshua 1:8

This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

Psalm 1:2

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

Psalm 16:11

You reveal the path of life to me;
in Your presence is abundant joy;
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Psalm 21:4

He asked You for life, and You gave it to him—
length of days forever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

for with You is life’s fountain.
In Your light we will see light.

Psalm 119:11

I have treasured Your word in my heart
so that I may not sin against You.

Psalm 119:97-99

מ MemHow I love Your instruction!
It is my meditation all day long.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.

Proverbs 6:23

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.

Proverbs 8:33-34

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

Isaiah 34:16

Search and read the scroll of the Lord:
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because He has ordered it by my mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and snared.
They have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom do they really have?

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

Matthew 19:16-20

Just then someone came up and asked Him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Mark 12:10

Haven’t you read this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

Luke 10:25-29

Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 16:29

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

Luke 16:31

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

John 5:32

There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid.

John 5:36

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

John 5:46

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

Acts 8:32-35

Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so He does not open His mouth.

Acts 13:27

For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him.

Acts 26:22-23

To this very day, I have obtained help that comes from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place—

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe.”

Romans 1:2

which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures—

Romans 2:17-18

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

Romans 3:2

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the spoken words of God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

2 Timothy 3:14-17

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

Hebrews 11:16

But they now desire a better place—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead—they were raised to life again. Some men were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection,

1 Peter 1:10-11

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.

2 Peter 1:19-21

So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your brothers who have the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”