'It is Written' in the Bible

So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,

But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down! For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "On the other hand it is written, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan, for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

It is this man about whom it is written: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

The Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born."

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me during this night, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.

But I tell you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! [It would be] better for him if that man had not been born."

And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, because it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.'

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord")

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight!

And Jesus replied to him, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone.'"

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'"

for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'

It is this man about whom it is written: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

saying to them, "It is written, 'And my house will be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

and said to them, "Thus it is written [that] the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

So Jesus found a young donkey [and] sat on it, just as it is written,

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his residence become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and, 'Let another person take his position.'

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me [for] forty years in the wilderness, [did you], house of Israel?

And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You must not speak evil [of] a ruler of your people.'"

For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, "But the one who is righteous by faith will live."

For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written, "In order that you may be justified in your words, and may prevail when you are judged."

just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;

(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,

Just as it is written, "On account of you we are being put to death the whole day [long]; we are considered as sheep for slaughter."

just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

just as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion {a stone that causes people to stumble}, and {a rock that causes them to fall}, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How timely [are] the feet of those who bring good news of good things."

just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."

and so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written, "The deliverer will come out of Zion; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to [God's] wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance [is] mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will praise God."

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

and that the Gentiles may glorify God for [his] mercy, just as it is written, "Because of this, I will praise you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to your name."

but just as it is written, "[Those] to whom [it was] not announced concerning him will see, and [those] who have not heard will understand."

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."

so that, just as it is written, "The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

But just as it is written, "[Things] which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox [while it] is threshing." It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?

Or doubtless does he speak {for our sake}? For it is written {for our sake}, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes [ought to do so] in hope of a share.

and not become idolaters, as some of them [did], just as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play,"

In the law it is written: "By those who speak a foreign language and by the lips of others I will speak to this people, and not even in this way will they obey me," says the Lord.

Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.

just as it is written, "The [one] who [gathered] much did not have too much, and the [one] who [gathered] little did not have too little."

Just as it is written, "He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains {forever}."

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who does not abide by all [the things] that are written in the book of the law to do them."

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law [by] becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree,"

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the female slave and one by the free woman.

For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who does not give birth to [children]; burst out and shout, [you] who do not have birth pains, because many [are] the children of the desolate [woman], even more than [those of] the one who has a husband."

Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- in the roll of the book it is written about me-- to do your will, O God.'

for it is written, "You will be holy, because I [am] holy."