John 5:39

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John 5:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible

37 And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

38 nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

40 yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

41 I do not accept glory from men,

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John 5:46

If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

John 7:52

“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

Deuteronomy 11:18

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:20

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

Deuteronomy 17:18

When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Deuteronomy 17:19

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Psalms 119:11

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Psalms 119:97

Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

Psalms 119:98

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Psalms 119:99

I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

Proverbs 6:23

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Isaiah 34:16

Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Mark 12:10

Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Luke 16:29

But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

Luke 16:31

Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Acts 8:32

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Acts 8:33

In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

Acts 8:34

“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

Acts 8:35

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

Acts 17:11

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Romans 3:2

Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

2 Timothy 3:14

But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

2 Timothy 3:15

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:19

We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

2 Peter 1:21

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Psalms 16:11

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Psalms 21:4

He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.

Psalms 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Psalms 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

Daniel 12:2

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 19:16

Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

Matthew 19:17

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 19:20

“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

Luke 10:25

One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 10:26

“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

Luke 10:27

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Luke 10:28

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

John 5:32

There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

John 5:36

But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Deuteronomy 18:15

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Acts 26:22

But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

Romans 1:2

the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

1 Peter 1:11

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

Revelation 19:10

So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”