Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

Approvest the things that are more excellent

Bible References

Knowest

Deuteronomy 4:8
And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?
Nehemiah 9:13
"You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
Psalm 147:19
He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.
Luke 12:47
That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
John 13:17
If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
1 Corinthians 8:1
With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
James 4:17
So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

Approvest the things that are more excellent

Philippians 1:10
so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Being instructed

Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Psalm 19:8
The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.
Psalm 119:98
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them.
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
2 Timothy 3:15
and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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