2 Peter 1:19

Peter says the prophetic word is even more sure, and readers do well to heed it like a lamp until Christ, the morning star, dawns in their hearts. It matters because Scripture is a trustworthy guide through a dark world until Christ's full revelation.

Cross-references · 25

• Rev 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
• Ps 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• Isa 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
• John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
• Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
• 2 Cor 4:4–6The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• John 1:7–9He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
• Prov 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Rev 2:28And I will give him the morning star.
• Ps 19:7–9The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Luke 1:78–79because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
• Isa 60:1–2Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
• Matt 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
• Eph 5:7–8Therefore do not be partakers with them.
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• 1 Pet 1:10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
• 1 Jn 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
• Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
• Jas 2:8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
• Isa 41:21–23“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
• Acts 17:11Now 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.
• 3 Jn 1:6They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
• Luke 16:29–31But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
• Isa 41:26Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.

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