John 8:6

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John 8:6

They asked this to trap Him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger.

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”

Luke 10:25

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

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear and a time to sew;
a time to be silent and a time to speak;

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Matthew 22:18

But perceiving their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites?

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a young lion—
my son, you return from the kill.
He crouches; he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

Numbers 14:22

none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me,

Psalm 38:12-14

Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 26:17

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

Daniel 5:5

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:13

Therefore, the wise person will keep silent
at such a time,
for the days are evil.

Matthew 10:16

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

Matthew 15:23

Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and as a test, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 22:35

And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him:

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

Mark 8:11

The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a sign from heaven to test Him.

Mark 10:2

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15

Should we pay, or should we not pay?”

But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

Luke 11:16

And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:53-54

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

Luke 20:20-23

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

John 8:2

At dawn He went to the temple complex again, and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began to teach them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us not test Christ as some of them did and were destroyed by snakes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

John 8:6

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

As though

General references

John 9:13

Bible References

As though

Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

a time to tear and a time to sew;
a time to be silent and a time to speak;

They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.”

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

General references

They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.