John 7:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Cross References

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments!

Psalm 25:12

Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Proverbs 3:32

for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Micah 4:2

and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall 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 shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.

Matthew 6:22

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light;

Luke 8:15

And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 3:21

But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:47

He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.