Old Testament Quotes

Quotes From the Old Testament

OLD TESTAMENT QUOTES Jesus knew the Scriptures. He quotes them often, knowing the importance of the everlasting sacred Word of God.

From
Matthew

4:4
But he answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Deuteronomy 8:3

4:7
Jesus said unto him,
It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Deuteronomy 6:16

4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him,
Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20

5:21
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Exodus 20:13

5:27
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: Exodus 20:14

5:31
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: Deuteronomy 24:1

5:33
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: Numbers 30:2

5:38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Exodus 21:24

9:13
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Hosea 6:6

10:14-15
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Genesis 19

10:35-36
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. Micah 7:6

11:10
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Malachi 3:1

12:3-4
But he said unto them,
Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? I Samuel 21:6

12:5
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? Numbers 28:9

12:7
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. Hosea 6:6

12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Jonah 1:17

12:41
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Jonah 3:5

12:42
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. I Kings 10:1-8, II Chronicles 9:1-7

13:14-15
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Isaiah 6:9-10

15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Exodus 20:12, 21:17

15:8-9
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Isaiah 29:13

18:16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Deuteronomy 19:15

19:4-5
And he answered and said unto them,
Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Genesis 2:24

19:18-19
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said,
Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Exodus 20:12-16, Leviticus 19:18

21:2
Saying unto them,
Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. Zechariah 9:9

21:13
And said unto them,
It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11

21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them,
Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Psalms 8:2

21:42
Jesus saith unto them,
Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Psalms 118:22-23

22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Exodus 3:6

22:37
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Deuteronomy 6:5

22:39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Leviticus 19:18

22:44
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? Psalms 110:1

23:35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Genesis 4:8, II Chronicles 24:20-21

23:39
For I say unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Psalms 118:26

24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:31, Daniel 12:11

24:37-39
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Genesis 6 & 7

26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them,
All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Zechariah 13:7

27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Psalms 22:1

From
Mark

1:44
And saith unto him,
See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Leviticus 14:1-32

2:25-26
And he said unto them,
Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? I Samuel 21:6

4:11-12
And he said unto them,
Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. Isaiah 6:9-10

6:11
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Genesis 19

7:6-7
He answered and said unto them,
Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Isaiah 29:13

7:10
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: Exodus 20:12, 21:17

9:12
And he answered and told them,
Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. Malachi 4:5, Psalms 22

9:44, 46, 48
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Isaiah 66:24

10:6-8
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. Genesis 2:24

10:19
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. Exodus 20:12-16

11:2
And saith unto them,
Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. Zechariah 9:9

11:17
And he taught, saying unto them,
Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? But ye have made it a den of thieves. Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11

12:10-11
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Psalms 118:22-23

12:26
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Exodus 3:6

12:29-30
And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Deuteronomy 6:4-5

12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Leviticus 19:18

12:36
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalms 110:1

13:14
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: Daniel 11:31, Daniel 12:11

14:27
And Jesus saith unto them,
All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Zechariah 13:7

15:34
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?
which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Psalms 22:1

From
Luke

4:4
And Jesus answered him, saying,
It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Deuteronomy 8:3

4:8
And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20

4:12
And Jesus answering said unto him,
It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Deuteronomy 6:16

4:18-19
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Isaiah 61:1-2

4:25-27
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. I Kings 17:9, II Kings 5:10-14

5:14
And he charged him to tell no man:
but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Leviticus 14:1-32

6:3-4
And Jesus answering them said,
Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? I Samuel 21:6

7:27
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Malachi 3:1

8:10
And he said,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Isaiah 6:9-10

11:30
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. Book of Jonah

11:31
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. I Kings 10:1-8, II Chronicles 9:1-7

11:32
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Jonah 3:5

11:51
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Genesis 4:8, II Chronicles 24:20-21

12:27
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. I Kings 10:14-23, II Chronicles 9:13-22

13:35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Psalms 118:26

17:26-29
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Genesis 6 & 7, Genesis 19

17:32
Remember Lot’s wife. Genesis 19:26

18:20
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. Exodus 20:12-16

18:31
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. Psalms 22, Isaiah 53

19:30
Saying,
Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. Zechariah 9:9

19:46
Saying unto them,
It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11

20:17
And he beheld them, and said,
What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Psalms 118:22

20:37
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Exodus 3:6

20:42-43
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalms 110:1

22:37
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. Isaiah 53:12

23:46
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:
and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Psalms 31:5

24:44
And he said unto them,
These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. See O.T. Scriptures

From
John

2:16
And said unto them that sold doves,
Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11

3:14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: Numbers 21:8-9

5:46
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. Deuteronomy 18:18

7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Numbers 20:7-11

8:17-18
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. Deuteronomy 19:15

10:34
Jesus answered them,
Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? Psalms 82:6

13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalms 41:9

17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. Psalms 109:7-8