Isaiah 8:20

Easy To Read Version

You should follow the teachings and the agreement. {\cf2\super [105]} If you don’t follow these commands, then you might follow the wrong commands. (The wrong commands are those commands that come from the wizards and fortune tellers. Those commands are worth nothing; you will gain nothing by following those commands.)

Cross References

Ezra 10:3

Now let us make an agreement before our God to send away all those women and their children. We will do that to follow the advice of Ezra and the people who respect the laws of our God. We will obey God’s law.

Psalm 119:130

When people begin to understand your word,\par it is like a light showing them\par the right way of living.\par Your word makes even simple people wise.\par

Psalm 78:5

The Lord made an Agreement with Jacob. {\cf2\super [440]} \par God gave the Law to Israel.\par God gave the commands to our ancestors. {\cf2\super [441]} \par He told our ancestors {\cf2\super [442]} to teach the Law\par to their descendants. {\cf2\super [443]} \par

Proverbs 4:18

Good people are like the early morning light. The sun rises and the day becomes brighter and happier.

Isaiah 1:10

You leaders of Sodom, listen to the Lord’s message! You people of Gomorrah, listen to God’s teachings!

Isaiah 8:16

Isaiah said, “Make an agreement and seal {\cf2\super [103]} it. Save my teachings for the future. Do this while my followers are watching.

Isaiah 8:22

If they look around them at their land, then they will see only trouble and depressing darkness—the dark sadness of people forced to leave their country. And the people that are trapped in that darkness will not be able to free themselves.

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord says these things:\par “Stand at the crossroads and look.\par Ask where the old road is.\par Ask where the good road is,\par and walk on that road.\par If you do, you will find rest for yourselves.\par But you people have said,\par ‘We will not walk on the good road!’\par

Jeremiah 8:9

Those ‘wise people’ refused to listen\par to the Lord’s teachings.\par So they are not really wise people at all.\par Those ‘wise people’ were trapped.\par They became shocked and ashamed.\par

Hosea 6:3

Let’s learn about the Lord.\par Let’s try very hard to know the Lord.\par We know he is coming,\par like we know the dawn is coming.\par The Lord will come to us like the rain,\par like the spring rain that waters the ground.”\par

Micah 3:6

That is why it is like night for you.\par That is why you don’t have visions. {\cf2\super [38]} \par You can’t see what will happen\par in the future,\par so it is like darkness to you.\par The sun has gone down on the prophets.\par They can’t see what will happen\par in the future,\par so it is like darkness to them.\par

Malachi 4:2

“But, for my followers, goodness will shine on you like the rising sun. And it will bring healing power like the sun’s rays. You will be free and happy, like calves freed from their stalls. {\cf2\super [21]}

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You don’t understand because you don’t know what the Scriptures {\cf2\super [313]} say. And you don’t know about the power of God.

Matthew 6:23

If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light (goodness). But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness (evil). And if the only light you have is really darkness, then you have the worst kind of darkness. {\cf2\super [80]}

Mark 10:3

Jesus answered, “What did Moses command you to do?”

Luke 10:26

Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”

John 5:39

You carefully study the Scriptures. {\cf2\super [82]} You think that those Scriptures give you life forever. Those same Scriptures tell about me!

Acts 17:11

These Jews were better people than the Jews in Thessalonica. These Jews were very happy to listen to the things Paul and Silas said. These Jews in Berea studied the Scriptures {\cf2\super [350]} every day. They wanted to know if these things were true.

Romans 1:22

People said they were wise, and they became fools.

2 Peter 1:19

This makes us more sure about the things the prophets {\cf2\super [2]} said. And it is good for you to follow closely what the prophets said. The things they said are like a light shining in a dark place. You have that light until the day begins and the morning star brings new light to your minds.

2 Peter 1:9

But if a person does not have these things, then he cannot see clearly. That person is blind. He has forgotten that he was cleansed (forgiven) from his past sins.