18 Bible Verses about Use Of The Scriptures

For everything that was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by being steadfast and through the encouragement the Scriptures give, we might hold our hope fast.

Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures,

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

For they did not yet understand the statement of Scripture that he must rise from the dead.

This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth.

Then Philip began, and starting from this passage, he told him the good news about Jesus.

Paul went to it as he was accustomed to do, and for three Sabbaths he discussed the Scriptures with them,

But the Scripture describes all mankind as the prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing might on the ground of faith in Jesus Christ be given to those who have faith.

If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

speaking of it as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which ignorant, unsteadfast people twist to their own ruin, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

A great deal, from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews were intrusted with the utterances of God.

and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation.

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, skilful in the use of the Scriptures.

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Jesus said to them, "Does not this show that you are wrong, and do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

For Moses for generations past has had his preachers in every town, and has been read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue authorities sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any appeal to make to the people, proceed."

The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.