Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
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the law

Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Luke 10:26
"What is written in the Law?" Jesus replied. "How do you read it?"

Luke 16:29-31
But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.' . . .

John 5:39, 46, 47
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, . . .

Acts 17:11
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Galatians 3:8
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."

Galatians 4:21, 22
Tell me, you who want to be under the Law, do you not understand what the Law says? . . .

2 Timothy 3:15-17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. . . .

2 Peter 1:19
We also have the message of the prophets, which has been confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to this message, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

it is

Isaiah 30:8-11
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. . . .

Psalm 19:7, 8
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. . . .

Psalm 119:130
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

Jeremiah 8:9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom do they really have?

Micah 3:6
Therefore the night will come over you without visions, and the darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

Matthew 6:23
But if your vision is poor, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 22:29
Jesus replied, "You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Mark 7:7-9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.' . . .

Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

2 Peter 1:9
But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

light.

Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Hosea 6:3
So let us know--let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Malachi 4:2
"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

2 Peter 1:19
We also have the message of the prophets, which has been confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to this message, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

International Standard Version
for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.

NET Bible
Then you must recall the LORD's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
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