2 Timothy 3:16

New English Translation

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

The Lord’s spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

Nehemiah 9:20

You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.

Psalm 119:11

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:130

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

Psalm 119:9

How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!

Proverbs 15:10

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 15:31

The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Micah 2:7

Does the family of Jacob say, ‘The Lord’s patience can’t be exhausted – he would never do such things’? To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them,

Zephaniah 3:2

She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God.

Matthew 13:52

Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 22:43

He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

Matthew 26:54

How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

Matthew 26:56

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Mark 12:24

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

Mark 12:36

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

John 10:35

If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’ (and the scripture cannot be broken),

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

Acts 1:16

“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas – who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus –

Acts 18:25

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

Acts 20:20

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Acts 20:27

For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

Acts 28:25

So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah

Romans 15:4

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Romans 2:20

an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth –

Romans 3:2

Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Romans 4:23

But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,

1 Corinthians 12:7

To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

Deuteronomy 29:29

Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 4:36

From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

Hebrews 3:7

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.