2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Cross References (41)

  • Romans 15:4 (259)

    For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encourage

  • Hebrews 4:12 (217)

    For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spir

  • 2 Peter 1:19–21 (156)

    We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a la

  • Psalms 19:7–11 (113)

    The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

  • Mark 12:24 (113)

    Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

  • Proverbs 6:23 (91)

    For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

  • Psalms 119:9 (90)

    How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

  • 2 Timothy 4:2 (82)

    Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient inst

  • Psalms 119:11 (79)

    I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

  • Psalms 119:97–104 (65)

    Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

  • Psalms 119:130 (65)

    The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

  • 2 Samuel 23:2 (54)

    The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

  • Ephesians 4:11–16 (49)

    And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teac

  • Proverbs 15:31 (40)

    He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

  • 2 Timothy 2:25 (38)

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th

  • Deuteronomy 4:36 (29)

    He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His wo

  • Matthew 13:52 (24)

    Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner wh

  • Acts 20:20 (23)

    I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

  • John 3:20 (23)

    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

  • Acts 18:25 (22)

    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, tho

  • Nehemiah 9:20 (22)

    You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water f

  • Romans 2:20 (21)

    an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

  • Hebrews 3:7 (20)

    Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

  • Ephesians 5:11–13 (19)

    Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

  • Galatians 3:8 (19)

    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations wil

  • Proverbs 15:10 (19)

    Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

  • Acts 20:27 (18)

    For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:7 (18)

    Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

  • John 10:35 (17)

    If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

  • Acts 1:16 (16)

    “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas,

  • Matthew 26:56 (16)

    But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him

  • Hebrews 11:1 (16)

    Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

  • Matthew 21:42 (16)

    Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

  • Romans 4:23 (15)

    Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

  • Mark 12:36 (14)

    Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your e

  • Romans 3:2 (14)

    Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

  • Micah 2:7 (14)

    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My word

  • Acts 28:25 (14)

    They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right

  • Matthew 22:31–32 (14)

    But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

  • Matthew 26:54 (12)

    But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

  • Matthew 22:43 (7)

    Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: