John 7:17

Modern English Version

If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

Cross References

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart have I sought You; let me not wander from Your commandments.

Psalm 25:12

Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will teach him the way that he should choose.

Psalm 25:14

The secret counsel of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will make His covenant known to them.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Proverbs 3:32

for the perverse is an abomination to the Lord, but His counsel is with the upright.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway shall be there, a roadway, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass on it, but it shall be for the wayfaring men, and fools shall not wander on it.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be purified and made white and tried. But the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

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 4:2

And many nations will come and say, “Come, that we might go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, that He might teach us His ways, and that we might walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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 6:22

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

Luke 8:15

But the seed on the good ground are those who, having heard the word, keep it in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with patience.

John 3:21

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that it may be revealed that his deeds have been done in God.”

John 8:43

Why do you not understand My speaking? Because you cannot bear to hear My word.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. 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 from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:47

He who is of God hears God’s words. Therefore, you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

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.