John 5:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,”
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“You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 5:39 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 11:18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- Deuteronomy 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
- Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- Psalms 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
- Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- Proverbs 8:33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Isaiah 34:16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
- 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?
- Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Matthew 19:16Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- Mark 10:3“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
- Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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