John 7:17

English Standard Version 2016

If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Cross References

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:47

Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

Acts 17:11

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.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Luke 8:15

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

Psalm 25:12

Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

Micah 4:2

and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!

Matthew 6:22

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

Hosea 6:3

Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Proverbs 3:32

for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

John 3:21

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.