Verse 18

and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:8 : 8 What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
  • 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.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.
  • Ps 119:104-105 : 104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He shows his word to Jacob; His statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.