“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.

And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.”

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God

You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?