To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Treasury of Scripture the law Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Luke 10:26 He said to him, What is written in the law? how read you? Luke 16:29-31 Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them... John 5:39,46,47 Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me... Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind... Galatians 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel to Abraham, saying... Galatians 4:21,22 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law... 2 Timothy 3:15-17 And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures... 2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place... it is Isaiah 30:8-11 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... Psalm 19:7,8 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple... Psalm 119:130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. Jeremiah 8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: see, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Micah 3:6 Therefore night shall be to you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark to you, that you shall not divine... Matthew 6:23 But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness... Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said to them, You do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Mark 7:7-9 However, in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men... Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. light. Heb. morning Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day. Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain... Malachi 4:2 But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth... 2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place...
Context Afflictions to Idolaters
19And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead? 20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. 21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
Darby Bible Translation
To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
King James Bible
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Young's Literal Translation
To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'
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