John 7:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own.

Cross References

Psalm 119:10

With all my heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.

Psalm 25:12

Who is the one who fears the Lord? God shows him the way he should choose.

Psalm 25:14

The counsel of the Lord belongs to those who fear him; and his covenant instructs them.

Proverbs 28:5

The evil understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Proverbs 3:32

To the Lord the devious are an abomination, but the upright are close to him.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway will be there, called the holy way; No one unclean may pass over it, but it will be for his people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray on it.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be refined, purified, and tested, but the wicked shall prove wicked; the wicked shall have no understanding, but those with insight shall.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord; as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.”

Micah 4:2

Many nations shall come, and say, “Come, let us climb the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, that we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Matthew 6:22

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;

Luke 8:15

But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance. The Parable of the Lamp.

John 3:21

But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. Final Witness of the Baptist.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:47

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not listen, because you do not belong to God.”

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all willingness and examined the scriptures daily to determine whether these things were so.