John 5:39

God's Word

You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf.

Cross References

Psalm 1:2

Rather, he delights in the teachings of the Lord and reflects on his teachings day and night.

Psalm 119:11

I have treasured your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 133:3

It is like dew on ⌞Mount⌟ Hermon, dew which comes down on Zion’s mountains. That is where the Lord promised the blessing of eternal life.

Psalm 16:11

You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. Pleasures are by your side forever.

Psalm 21:4

He asked you for life. You gave him a long life, forever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

Indeed, the fountain of life is with you. In your light we see light.

Proverbs 6:23

because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

Isaiah 34:16

Search the Lord’s book, and read it. Not one of these animals will be missing. Not one will lack a mate, because the Lord has commanded it, and his Spirit will gather them together.

Isaiah 8:20

They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people don’t speak these words, it is because it doesn’t dawn on them.

Jeremiah 8:9

Wise people are put to shame, confused, and trapped. They have rejected the Lord’s word. They don’t really have any wisdom.

Daniel 12:2

Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You’re mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power.

Mark 10:3

Jesus answered them, “What command did Moses give you?”

Mark 12:10

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

Luke 16:29

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses’ ⌞Teachings⌟ and the Prophets. Your brothers should listen to them!’

Luke 16:31

“Abraham answered him, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses’ ⌞Teachings⌟ and the Prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone comes back to life.’ ”

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! You’re so slow to believe everything the prophets said!

Luke 24:27

Then he began with Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets to explain to them what was said about him throughout the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you. I told you that everything written about me in Moses’ Teachings, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the man whom Moses wrote about in his teachings and whom the prophets wrote about. He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from the city of Nazareth.”

John 5:32

Someone else testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true.

John 5:36

But I have something that testifies more favorably on my behalf than John’s testimony. The tasks that the Father gave me to carry out, these tasks which I perform, testify on my behalf. They prove that the Father has sent me.

John 5:40

Yet, you don’t want to come to me to get ⌞eternal⌟ life.

John 5:46

If you really believed Moses, you would believe me. Moses wrote about me.

John 7:52

They asked Nicodemus, “Are you saying this because you’re from Galilee? Study ⌞the Scriptures⌟, and you’ll see that no prophet comes from Galilee.”

Acts 13:27

The people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers didn’t know who Jesus was. They didn’t understand the prophets’ messages, which are read every day of rest—a holy day. So they condemned Jesus and fulfilled what the prophets had said.

Acts 17:11

The people of Berea were more open-minded than the people of Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive God’s message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was true.

Acts 26:27

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

Romans 1:2

(God had already promised this Good News through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures.

Romans 3:2

There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word.

Deuteronomy 18:15

The Lord your God will send you a prophet, an Israelite like me. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

So I will send them a prophet, an Israelite like you. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.

Deuteronomy 29:29

Some things are hidden. They belong to the Lord our God. But the things that have been revealed in these teachings belong to us and to our children forever. We must obey every word of these teachings.

Deuteronomy 32:47

Don’t think these words are idle talk. They are your life! By these words you will be able to live for a long time in the land that you are going to take possession of when you cross the Jordan River.”

Colossians 3:16

Let Christ’s word with all its wisdom and richness live in you. Use psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to teach and instruct yourselves about ⌞God’s⌟ kindness. Sing to God in your hearts.

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, these men were longing for a better country—a heavenly country. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God. He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their loved ones back from the dead. Other believers were brutally tortured but refused to be released so that they might gain eternal life.

Joshua 1:8

Never stop reciting these teachings. You must think about them night and day so that you will faithfully do everything written in them. Only then will you prosper and succeed.

Revelation 19:10

I bowed at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Don’t do that! I am your coworker and a coworker of the Christians who hold on to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy!”