John 5:39

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that testify on my behalf.

Cross References

Psalm 1:2

but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord ordained his blessing, life forevermore.

Psalm 16:11

You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 21:4

He asked you for life; 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 a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Isaiah 34:16

Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without its mate. For his mouth, it has commanded, and his spirit, it has gathered them.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom is in them?

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “You are wrong because you know neither 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 replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’

Luke 16:31

He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

Luke 24:25

Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things 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, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

John 5:32

There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true.

John 5:36

But I have a testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

John 5:40

Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

John 5:46

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

John 7:52

They replied, “Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee.” [[

Acts 13:27

Because the residents of Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize him or understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they fulfilled those words by condemning him.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether 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. For in the first place, 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 your own people; you shall heed such a prophet.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I command.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and to our children forever, to observe all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

Hebrews 11:16

But as it is, they desire a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”