"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;