We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: {the...: Heb. the latter day}

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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.

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? {The wise...: or, Have they been ashamed, etc} {what...: Heb. the wisdom of what thing}

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men.

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Then shall we know, {if} we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter {and} former rain unto the earth.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, {saying}, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Therefore night {shall be} unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. {that...: vision: Heb. from a vision} {that...: divine: Heb. from divining}

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great {is} that darkness!

Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where {is} the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk {therein}.

The secret {things belong} unto the LORD our God: but those {things which are} revealed {belong} unto us and to our children for ever, that {we} may do all the words of this law.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding.

For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}

And when he had called all the people {unto him}, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one {of you}, and understand:

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

{That} was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great {is} that darkness!

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}

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.

If any man speak, {let him speak} as the oracles of God; if any man minister, {let him do it} as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Therefore night {shall be} unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. {that...: vision: Heb. from a vision} {that...: divine: Heb. from divining}

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. {it shall be: Gr. it is}

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. {tempt: or, try, or, put to trial, or, proof}

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. {to cause: Heb. to cause to ascend}

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {therein}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. {deed: or, doing}

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

If thy whole body therefore {be} full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. {the bright...: Gr. a candle by its bright shining}

We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, {even} in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and {gave him} the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. {God...: Heb. Let the king live}

And they taught in Judah, and {had} the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and {gave him} the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. {God...: Heb. Let the king live}

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which {is} in thine hand; {of the king: Chaldee, from before the king}

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. {to put...: Heb. to bring forth}

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that {was} before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

For thy lovingkindness {is} before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and {they shall be} driven to darkness.

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? {The wise...: or, Have they been ashamed, etc} {what...: Heb. the wisdom of what thing}

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, {with} the statutes and judgments.

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. {shall light: or, shall cause to ascend} {it: Heb. the face of it}

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

And he brought me thither, and, behold, {there was} a man, whose appearance {was} like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.