Bible Cross References
I come
1 Timothy 3:14
As I write this letter to you, I hope to come and see you soon.
1 Timothy 3:15
But if I delay, this letter will let you know how we should conduct ourselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
to reading
Deuteronomy 17:19
He is to keep this book near him and read from it all his life, so that he will learn to honor the LORD and to obey faithfully everything that is commanded in it.
Joshua 1:8
Be sure that the book of the Law is always read in your worship. Study it day and night, and make sure that you obey everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Psalm 1:2
Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the LORD, and they study it day and night.
Psalm 1:3
They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.
Psalm 119:97-104
97
How I love your law! I think about it all day long.
98
Your commandment is with me all the time and makes me wiser than my enemies.
99
I understand more than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instructions.
100
I have greater wisdom than those who are old, because I obey your commands.
101
I have avoided all evil conduct, because I want to obey your word.
102
I have not neglected your instructions, because you yourself are my teacher.
103
How sweet is the taste of your instructions--- sweeter even than honey!
104
I gain wisdom from your laws, and so I hate all bad conduct.
Proverbs 2:4
Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.
Proverbs 2:5
If you do, you will know what it means to fear the LORD and you will succeed in learning about God.
Matthew 13:51
"Do you understand these things?" Jesus asked them. "Yes," they answered.
Matthew 13:52
So he replied, "This means, then, that every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who takes new and old things out of his storage room."
John 5:39
You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!
Acts 6:4
We ourselves, then, will give our full time to prayer and the work of preaching."
Acts 17:11
The people there were more open-minded than the people in Thessalonica. They listened to the message with great eagerness, and every day they studied the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was really true.
2 Timothy 2:15-17
15
Do your best to win full approval in God's sight, as a worker who is not ashamed of his work, one who correctly teaches the message of God's truth.
16
Keep away from profane and foolish discussions, which only drive people farther away from God.
17
Such teaching is like an open sore that eats away the flesh. Two men who have taught such things are Hymenaeus and Philetus.
to exhortation
Romans 12:8
if it is to encourage others, we should do so. Whoever shares with others should do it generously; whoever has authority should work hard; whoever shows kindness to others should do it cheerfully.
1 Corinthians 14:3
But those who proclaim God's message speak to people and give them help, encouragement, and comfort.
Titus 2:15
Teach these things and use your full authority as you encourage and rebuke your hearers. Let none of them look down on you.
to doctrine
1 Timothy 4:6
If you give these instructions to the believers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, as you feed yourself spiritually on the words of faith and of the true teaching which you have followed.
1 Timothy 4:16
Watch yourself and watch your teaching. Keep on doing these things, because if you do, you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
1 Corinthians 14:6
So when I come to you, my friends, what use will I be to you if I speak in strange tongues? Not a bit, unless I bring you some revelation from God or some knowledge or some inspired message or some teaching.
1 Corinthians 14:26
This is what I mean, my friends. When you meet for worship, one person has a hymn, another a teaching, another a revelation from God, another a message in strange tongues, and still another the explanation of what is said. Everything must be of help to the church.
2 Timothy 4:2
to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it (whether the time is right or not), to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience.