Isaiah 8:20
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20 (A)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (B)dawn.
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2 Peter 1:19
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19 And (A)we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention (B)as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until (C)the day (D)dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
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2 Timothy 3:15-17
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15 and how (A)from childhood you have been acquainted with (B)the sacred writings, (C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 (D)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that (E)the man of God[a] may be complete, (F)equipped (G)for every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)
Isaiah 30:8-11
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A Rebellious People
8 And now, go, (A)write it before them on a tablet
and inscribe it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
as a witness forever.[a]
9 (B)For they are a rebellious people,
lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
10 (C)who say to (D)the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us (E)smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11 leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
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- Isaiah 30:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate, and Greek versions; Masoretic Text forever and ever
Romans 1:22
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22 (A)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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John 5:46-47
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46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for (A)he wrote of me. 47 But (B)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
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John 5:39
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39 (A)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and (B)it is they that bear witness about me,
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Acts 17:11
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11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, (A)examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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Mark 7:7-9
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7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of (B)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
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Micah 3:6
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6 Therefore (A)it shall be night to you, without vision,
and darkness to you, without divination.
(B)The sun shall go down on the prophets,
and the day shall be black over them;
Jeremiah 8:9
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9 (A)The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed (B)and taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
Isaiah 8:16
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16 Bind up (A)the testimony; (B)seal the teaching[a] among my disciples.
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- Isaiah 8:16 Or law; also verse 20
Proverbs 4:18
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18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.
Psalm 119:130
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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts (A)understanding to the simple.
2 Peter 1:9
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9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he (A)is blind, having forgotten that he was (B)cleansed from his former sins.
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Galatians 4:21-22
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Example of Hagar and Sarah
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, (A)one by a slave woman and (B)one by a free woman.
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Galatians 3:8-29
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8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that (A)God would justify[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, (B)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
10 For all who rely on works of the law are (C)under a curse; for it is written, (D)“Cursed be everyone who does not (E)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that (F)no one is justified before God by the law, for (G)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[b] 12 But the law is not of faith, rather (H)“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ (I)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (J)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (K)on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (L)come to the Gentiles, so that (M)we might receive (N)the promised Spirit[c] through faith.
The Law and the Promise
15 (O)To give a human example, brothers:[d] (P)even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now (Q)the promises were made (R)to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, (S)“And to your offspring,” who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the law, which came (T)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as (U)to make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but (V)God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
19 Why then the law? (W)It was added because of transgressions, (X)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was (Y)put in place through angels (Z)by an intermediary. 20 Now (AA)an intermediary implies more than one, but (AB)God is one.
21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For (AC)if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture (AD)imprisoned everything under sin, so that (AE)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given (AF)to those who believe.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, (AG)imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, (AH)the law was our (AI)guardian until Christ came, (AJ)in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus (AK)you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as (AL)were baptized (AM)into Christ have (AN)put on Christ. 28 (AO)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[e] nor free, (AP)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And (AQ)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (AR)heirs according to promise.
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- Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24
- Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
- Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit
- Galatians 3:15 Or brothers and sisters
- Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Matthew 22:29
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29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, (A)because you know neither the Scriptures nor (B)the power of God.
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Matthew 6:23
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23 (A)but if (B)your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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Isaiah 1:10
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10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of (A)(B)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[a] of our God,
you people of (C)Gomorrah!
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- Isaiah 1:10 Or law
Psalm 19:7-8
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect,[a]
(B)reviving the soul;
(C)the testimony of the Lord is (D)sure,
(E)making wise (F)the simple;
8 (G)the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is (H)pure,
(I)enlightening the eyes;
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- Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
Luke 16:29-31
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29 But Abraham said, ‘They have (A)Moses and the Prophets; (B)let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, (C)father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear (D)Moses and the Prophets, (E)neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
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Luke 10:26
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26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
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