Acts 8:28

Webster's Bible (1833)

He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

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  • Deut 6:6-7 : 6 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
  • Deut 11:18-20 : 18 Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes. 19 You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 You shall write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates;
  • Deut 17:18-19 : 18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
  • Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
  • Ps 1:2-3 : 2 But his delight is in Yahweh's law; On his law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
  • Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
  • Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if you will receive my words, And store up my commandments within you; 2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures: 5 Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God. 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 8:33-34 : 33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it. 34 Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts.
  • Isa 1:1 : 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  • Luke 3:4 : 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
  • Luke 4:17 : 17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
  • John 5:39-40 : 39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. 40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
  • Acts 17:11-12 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. 16 Every writing inspired by God{literally, God-breathed} is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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    29 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

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    32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, So he doesn't open his mouth.

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