But his delight is in the law of the LORD; And in his law doth he meditate day and night
John 5:39 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me! American Standard Version (1901) Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; Common English Bible Examine the scriptures, since you think that in them you have eternal life. They also testify about me, Catholic Public Domain Version Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have life everlasting; and the same are they that give testimony of me. |
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; And in his law doth he meditate day and night
Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there the LORD commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him; Even length of days for ever and ever.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Have ye not read even this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner:
But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.
And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, how that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.