John 5:39

You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

Cross References (47)

  • Luke 24:27 (33)

    And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself

  • Luke 24:44 (26)

    Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is

  • 2 Peter 1:19–21 (23)

    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

  • Acts 26:22–23 (23)

    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond

  • Proverbs 8:33–34 (21)

    Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

  • Matthew 22:29 (19)

    Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

  • 2 Timothy 3:14–17 (17)

    But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned t

  • Isaiah 34:16 (17)

    Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ord

  • John 5:46 (16)

    If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

  • 1 Peter 1:10–11 (16)

    Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

  • Acts 17:11 (16)

    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and ex

  • Acts 13:27 (16)

    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the

  • Psalms 119:97–99 (14)

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

  • Jeremiah 8:9 (14)

    The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wi

  • Romans 3:2 (13)

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

  • Acts 8:32–35 (13)

    The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the sh

  • Mark 12:10 (12)

    Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

  • Deuteronomy 18:18 (11)

    I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tel

  • John 5:32 (11)

    There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

  • Psalms 36:9 (11)

    For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

  • Romans 1:2 (11)

    the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

  • John 7:52 (11)

    “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

  • Deuteronomy 18:15 (11)

    The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

  • Acts 26:27 (11)

    King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

  • Revelation 19:10 (11)

    So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers

  • Psalms 119:11 (10)

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

  • Psalms 16:11 (10)

    You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your r

  • John 5:36 (10)

    But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the ve

  • Luke 16:31 (9)

    Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone r

  • Proverbs 6:23 (9)

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

  • Luke 10:25–29 (9)

    One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

  • Deuteronomy 32:47 (9)

    For 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

  • Deuteronomy 11:18–20 (9)

    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

  • Luke 16:29 (8)

    But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

  • Joshua 1:8 (8)

    This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do eve

  • Romans 2:17–18 (8)

    Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

  • Daniel 12:2 (8)

    And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting co

  • Hebrews 11:16 (8)

    Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, fo

  • Matthew 19:16–20 (8)

    Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

  • Colossians 3:16 (8)

    Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing ps

  • John 1:45 (7)

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—

  • Deuteronomy 17:18–19 (6)

    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence

  • Isaiah 8:20 (6)

    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

  • Psalms 1:2 (6)

    But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

  • Psalms 21:4 (6)

    He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

  • Psalms 133:3 (5)

    It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life fore

  • Hebrews 11:35 (4)

    Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might