John 5:39

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 1:2

but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 119:11

Your word have I hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Psalm 16:11

You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 21:4

He asked life of You, and You gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Isaiah 34:16

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read. Not one of these shall be missing, not one shall lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, and His Spirit has gathered them.

Isaiah 8:20

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.

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?

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to everlasting shame and contempt.

Matthew 22:29

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

Mark 10:3

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

Mark 12:10

Have you not read this Scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Luke 16:29

“Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them hear them.’

Luke 16:31

“He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”

Luke 24:25

He said to them, “O fools! And slow of heart to believe what the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44

He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning Me.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, as well as the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 5:32

There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the testimony which He bears of Me is true.

John 5:36

“I have greater testimony than that of John. The works which the Father has given Me to finish, the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

John 5:40

Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

John 5:46

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote of Me.

John 7:52

They said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”

Acts 13:27

Because those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, did not know Him, in condemning Him they have fulfilled the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath.

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.

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

Romans 1:2

which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

Romans 3:2

Much in every way! First of all, the oracles of God were entrusted to them.

Deuteronomy 18:15

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet from among their brothers, like you, and will put My words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command him.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may keep all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no idle word for you, because it is your life, and by this word you will prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Hebrews 11:16

But they desired a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured and did not accept deliverance, so that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful, and you will be wise.

Revelation 19:10

I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you not do that. I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the spirit of prophecy that bears witness to Jesus.”