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 22:16I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”
• Ps 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
• Isa 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
• John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
• Isa 8:20Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
• 2 Cor 4:4–6in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
• John 1:7–9The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
• Prov 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
• Rev 2:28and I will give him the morning star.
• Ps 19:7–9Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
• Luke 1:78–79because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
• Isa 60:1–2“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
• John 5:35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
• Matt 4:16the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
• Eph 5:7–8Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
• John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• 1 Pet 1:10Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
• 1 Jn 5:10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
• Acts 15:29that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
• Jas 2:8However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
• Isa 41:21–23Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.
• Acts 17:11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
• 3 Jn 1:6They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,
• Luke 16:29–31“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
• Isa 41:26Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

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