Isaiah 8:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.”
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“To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 8:20 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
- Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 119:130The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Isaiah 8:16Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
- Isaiah 30:8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Micah 3:6Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Matthew 6:23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
- Mark 10:3“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
- Luke 10:26“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
- Luke 16:29But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
- John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
- Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
- 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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