'Writings' in the Bible

And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.

But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken.

For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.

In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.

Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.

God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,

As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.

But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;

As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.