Isaiah 8:20 Cross References
Isaiah 8:20
20: "Check their predictions against my testimony," says the LORD. "If their predictions are different from mine, it is because there is no light or truth in them.
2 Peter 1:19
- Because of that, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. Pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a light shining in a dark place--until the day Christ appears and his brilliant light shines in your hearts.
Isaiah 30:8
- Now go and write down these words concerning Egypt. They will then stand until the end of time as a witness to Israel's unbelief.
- For these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay any attention to the LORD's instructions.
- They tell the prophets, "Shut up! We don't want any more of your reports." They say, "Don't tell us the truth. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies.
- Forget all this gloom. We have heard more than enough about your `Holy One of Israel.' We are tired of listening to what he has to say."
John 5:46
- But if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me because he wrote about me.
- And since you don't believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?"
John 5:39
- "You search the Scriptures because you believe they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
2 Timothy 3:15
- You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
- All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right.
- It is God's way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.
Matthew 6:23
- But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!
Malachi 4:2
- "But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
Jeremiah 8:9
- These wise teachers will be shamed by exile for their sin, for they have rejected the word of the LORD. Are they so wise after all?
Isaiah 8:16
- I will write down all these things as a testimony of what the LORD will do. I will entrust it to my disciples, who will pass it down to future generations.
Micah 3:6
- Now the night will close around you, cutting off all your visions. Darkness will cover you, making it impossible for you to predict the future. The sun will set for you prophets, and your day will come to an end.
Psalms 119:130
- As your words are taught, they give light; even the simple can understand them.
Mark 7:7
- 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's commands with their own man-made teachings.'
- For you ignore God's specific laws and substitute your own traditions."
- Then he said, "You reject God's laws in order to hold on to your own traditions.
2 Peter 1:9
- But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin.
Hosea 6:3
- Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring."
Galatians 4:21
- Listen to me, you who want to live under the law. Do you know what the law really says?
- The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave-wife and one from his freeborn wife.
Galatians 3:8
- What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."
- And so it is: All who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.
- But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."
- Consequently, it is clear that no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
- How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says, "If you wish to find life by obeying the law, you must obey all of its commands."
Psalms 19:7
- The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- The commandments of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are clear, giving insight to life.
Luke 16:29
- "But Abraham said, 'Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read their writings anytime they want to.'
- "The rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will turn from their sins.'
- "But Abraham said, 'If they won't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even if someone rises from the dead.'"
Romans 1:22
- Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
Matthew 22:29
- Jesus replied, "Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God.
Isaiah 1:10
- Listen to the LORD, you leaders of Israel! Listen to the law of our God, people of Israel. You act just like the rulers and people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Proverbs 4:18
- The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
Acts 17:11
- And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to check up on Paul and Silas, to see if they were really teaching the truth.
Luke 10:26
- Jesus replied, "What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?"