Biblical Concept: Testify
Findings
Testify, pervert justice, not.
Refusal to testify, sin.
Idolatry, testify, perish.
Moses to Israel: “this song will testify before them as a witness.”
To Israel, “I will testify against you; I am God”
“our sins testify against us”
“our iniquities testify against us”
NAS John 7:7 "The world cannot hate you; but it hates Me because I testify of it,
that its deeds are evil.
God: "Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,"
NAS Hosea
7:10 Though the pride of Israel
testifies against him, Yet they have neither returned
to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
Peter to Gentiles:
“And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this
is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.”
NAS Acts
18:5 But when Silas and Timothy
came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting
himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was
the Christ.
“solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ”
NAS Acts
20:21 solemnly testifying to both
Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
NAS Acts 28:23 And when they had set a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in
large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the
kingdom of God, and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law
of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.
“testifying that this is the true grace of God.
Stand firm in it!”
NAS Revelation
22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent
My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the
offspring of David, the bright morning star."
Angelic testimony:
‘’I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if
anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this
book”.
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Testify
NAS Exodus
23:2 "You shall not follow a
multitude in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside
after a multitude in order to pervert justice;
(Testify, pervert justice, not.)
NAS Leviticus
5:1 'Now if a person sins, after
he hears a public adjuration to testify,
when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt. (Refusal to testify, sin.)
NAS Deuteronomy
8:19 "And it shall come
about if you ever forget the LORD your God, and go after other gods and serve
them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely
perish. (Idolatry, testify, perish.)
NAS Deuteronomy
31:21 "Then it shall come
about, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will
testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the lips
of their descendants); for I know their intent which they are developing today,
before I have brought them into the land which I swore." (Moses to Israel:
“this song will testify before them as a witness.”)
NAS 1 Kings
21:10 and seat two worthless men
before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the
king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
NAS Job 15:6 "Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And
your own lips testify against you.
NAS Psalm
50:7 "Hear, O My people, and
I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. (To Israel,
“I will testify against you; I am God”)
NAS Isaiah
59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before Thee, And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us, And we know our iniquities: (“our sins
testify against us”)
NAS Jeremiah
14:7 "Although our
iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Thy name's sake! Truly our
apostasies have been many, We have sinned against
Thee. (“our iniquities testify against us”)
NAS Amos
3:13 "Hear and testify
against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.
(God: "Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,")
NAS Matthew
27:13 Then Pilate said to Him,
"Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?"
NAS John 7:7 "The world cannot hate you; but it hates Me
because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil. (All)
NAS Acts
10:42 "And He ordered us to
preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been
appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead. (Peter to Gentiles: “And
He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the
One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.”)
NAS Acts
20:24 "But I do not consider
my life of any account as dear to myself, in order that I may finish my course,
and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of
the gospel of the grace of God. (Paul ministry: “to testify solemnly of the
gospel of the grace of God.”)
26 "Therefore I testify to you
this day, that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
NAS Acts
22:5 as also the high priest and
all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to
the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who
were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.
NAS Acts
26:5 since they have known about
me for a long time previously, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest
sect of our religion.
NAS 2
Corinthians 8:3 For I testify
that according to their ability, and beyond their ability they gave of their own accord,
NAS Galatians
5:3 And I testify again to every
man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole
Law.
NAS Revelation
22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent
My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the
offspring of David, the bright morning star." (All)
18 I testify to everyone who hears
the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God shall add
to him the plagues which are written in this book; (Angelic testimony: ‘’I
testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone
adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this
book”.)
Testifies
NAS Job 16:8 "And Thou hast shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
NAS Hosea
5:5 Moreover, the pride of Israel
testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah
also has stumbled with them.
NAS Hosea
7:10 Though the pride of Israel
testifies against him, Yet they have neither returned
to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this. (All)
NAS Acts
20:23 except that the Holy Spirit
solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await
me.
NAS Revelation
22:20 He who testifies to these
things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Testifying
NAS Matthew
26:62 And the high priest stood
up and said to Him, "Do You make no answer? What is it that these men are
testifying against You?"
NAS Mark
14:60 And the high priest stood
up and came forward and questioned
Jesus, saying, "Do You make no answer? What is it that these men are
testifying against You?"
NAS Acts
18:5 But when Silas and Timothy
came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting
himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was
the Christ. (All) (“solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ”)
NAS Acts
20:21 solemnly testifying to both
Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
(All)
NAS Acts
26:22 "And so, having
obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great,
stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;
NAS Acts
28:23 And when they had set a day
for him, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was
explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God, and trying
to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the
Prophets, from morning until evening. (All)
NAS Hebrews
11:4 By faith Abel offered to God
a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he
was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is
dead, he still speaks.
NAS 1 Peter
5:12 Through Silvanus, our
faithful brother (for so I regard him),
I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true
grace of God. Stand firm in it! (“testifying that this is the true grace of
God. Stand firm in it!”)