John 5:39

New English Translation

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

Cross References

Psalm 1:2

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

Psalm 119:11

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

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.

Psalm 16:11

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

Psalm 21:4

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

Psalm 36:9

For you are the one who gives and sustains life.

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,

Isaiah 34:16

Carefully read the scroll of the Lord! Not one of these creatures will be missing, none will lack a mate. For the Lord has issued the decree, and his own spirit gathers them.

Isaiah 8:20

Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Jeremiah 8:9

Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or 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 the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Luke 16:29

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’

Luke 16:31

He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Luke 24:25

So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 5:32

There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

John 5:36

“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete – the deeds I am now doing – testify about me that the Father has sent me.

John 5:40

but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

John 5:46

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

John 7:52

They replied, “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!” [[

Acts 13:27

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

Acts 26:27

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

Romans 1:2

This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Romans 3:2

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

Deuteronomy 18:15

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you – from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

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 32:47

For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

Colossians 3:16

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

Hebrews 11:16

But as it is, they aspire to a better land, 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

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

Joshua 1:8

This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.

Revelation 19:10

So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”