Isaiah 8:16

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“Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.”

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“Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.”

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“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”

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“Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”

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“Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 8:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
  2. 2 Kings 11:12Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
  3. Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
  4. Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
  5. Isaiah 8:1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
  6. Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  7. Isaiah 29:11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
  8. Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
  9. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  10. Daniel 12:4But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
  11. Daniel 12:9“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
  12. Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
  13. Mark 4:10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
  14. Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
  15. Mark 10:10When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.
  16. John 3:32He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  17. 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  18. Hebrews 3:5Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
  19. 1 John 5:9Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
  20. Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
  21. Revelation 5:1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
  22. Revelation 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
  23. Revelation 10:4When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
  24. Revelation 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

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