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
Being instructed
Bible References
Knowest
Luke 12:47
The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
John 13:17
Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
1 Corinthians 8:1
With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols-We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.
James 4:17
He, then, who knows what is right but fails to do it--that is sin in him.
Approvest the things that are more excellent
Philippians 1:10
Until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the Day of Christ,
Hebrews 5:14
But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.
Being instructed
Romans 15:4
Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.
2 Timothy 3:15
and that, from your childhood, you have known the Sacred Writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to Salvation.