John 7:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.”
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“If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or--I do speak from myself.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 7:17 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:101I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- 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 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- 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 6:22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
- Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- John 1:46“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
- John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
- John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
- John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- Acts 10:1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
- Acts 11:13He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
- 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.
- Philippians 3:15All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
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