Isaiah 8:20

Modern English Version

To the law and to the testimony; if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Cross References

Ezra 10:3

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to sever relations with all the women and their children according to the counsel of my lord and those who tremble at the commandment of our God. May this be done in accordance with the law.

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 78:5

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until the full daytime.

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah:

Isaiah 8:16

Bind up the testimony; seal the law among My disciples.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they shall look to the earth and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish. And they shall be driven away into darkness.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths where the good way is and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, “We will not walk in it.”

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed; they are dismayed and caught. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what kind of wisdom do they have?

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain; like the spring rains He will water the earth.

Micah 3:6

Therefore you will have night without vision, and you will have darkness without divination; the sun will set upon the prophets, and black upon them will be the day.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and grow up like calves from the stall.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 6:23

But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Mark 10:3

He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”

Luke 10:26

He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”

John 5:39

You search the Scriptures, because you think in them you have eternal life. These are they who bear witness of Me.

Acts 17:11

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, daily examining the Scriptures, to find out if these things were so.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

2 Peter 1:19

And we have a more reliable word of prophecy, which you would do well to follow, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

2 Peter 1:9

For he who lacks these things is blind and nearsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.