Speaking in tongues is speaking scripture lines.
Paul’s understanding of scripture lines was unfruitful to the unlearned who heard the words but without understanding.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1 Corinthians 14:14
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 1 Corinthians 14:19
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:13
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 1 Corinthians 14:27
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. Genesis 40:8
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 1 Corinthians 14:18
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 1 Corinthians 14:19
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? 1 Corinthians 14:23
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. Acts 26:25
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. Isaiah 59:21
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:16
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 1 Timothy 6:3
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 1 Timothy 6:4
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 1 Timothy 6:5
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. Isaiah 28:9
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Isaiah 28:11
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. Isaiah 28:12
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Isaiah 28:13
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Genesis 10:5
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Genesis 11:1
And Moses said unto the Lord, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. Exodus 4:10
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Deuteronomy 28:49
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 2 Samuel 23:2
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. Ezra 4:7
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Job 6:24
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? Job 6:25
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? Job 6:26
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? Job 6:30
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Job 15:5
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. Job 15:6
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Job 20:12
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Job 20:13
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him. Job 20:16
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Job 27:4
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Psalms 89:34
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. Job 29:9
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. Job 29:10
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke 21:15
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. Acts 6:10
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. Job 33:2
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. Job 33:3
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Job 33:4
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Job 33:5
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. Ecclesiastes 12:9
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. Ecclesiastes 12:10
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. Ecclesiastes 12:11
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Job 41:1
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Job 40:19
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psalms 5:9
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Psalms 10:7
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Psalms 12:3
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Psalms 12:4
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Psalms 12:5
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psalms 12:6
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Psalms 12:7
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Psalms 34:13
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. Psalms 35:28
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. Psalms 36:1
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. Psalms 36:2
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. Psalms 36:3
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. Psalms 37:30
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. Psalms 37:31
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. Psalms 37:34
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Proverbs 4:4
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. Psalms 39:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Psalms 1:1
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Psalms 1:2
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalms 1:3
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Psalms 1:4
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. Psalms 1:5
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psalms 1:6
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:8
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: Isaiah 55:10
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:11
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, Psalms 39:3
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Psalms 45:1
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Psalms 50:19
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. Psalms 51:14
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Psalms 51:15
The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Psalms 52:2
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Psalms 52:3
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. Psalms 52:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Psalms 57:4
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Psalms 64:3
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. Psalms 64:8
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matthew 12:36
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:37
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. Psalms 66:17
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. Psalms 71:24
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. Psalms 73:9
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. Psalms 109:2
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. Psalms 119:172
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Psalms 120:2
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Psalms 120:3
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. Psalms 126:2
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Psalms 137:6
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Psalms 139:4
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Proverbs 6:17
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. Jeremiah 23:30
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Jeremiah 23:31
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 23:32
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Proverbs 6:24
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. Proverbs 10:20
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. Proverbs 10:21
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. Proverbs 10:31
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Proverbs 10:32
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 12:18
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Proverbs 12:19
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Proverbs 12:20
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Matthew 12:35
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Proverbs 15:2
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Proverbs 15:4
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. Proverbs 16:1
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Proverbs 17:4
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Proverbs 17:20
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Proverbs 21:6
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proverbs 21:23
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Proverbs 25:15
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Proverbs 25:23
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Proverbs 26:28
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. Proverbs 28:23
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Proverbs 31:26
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Song of Solomon 4:11
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Isaiah 3:8
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. Isaiah 11:15
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Isaiah 28:11
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: Isaiah 30:27
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. Isaiah 32:4
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. Isaiah 33:19
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. Isaiah 35:6
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isaiah 41:17
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Isaiah 45:23
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. Isaiah 50:4
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isaiah 54:17
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood. Isaiah 57:4
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. Isaiah 59:3
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Jeremiah 9:5
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Jeremiah 9:8
Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. Jeremiah 18:18
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. Lamentations 4:4
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:26
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. Daniel 1:4
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. Hosea 7:16
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. Amos 6:10
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Micah 6:12
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? Habakkuk 1:13
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Zephaniah 3:13
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. Zechariah 14:12
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; Mark 7:33
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. Mark 7:35
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. Luke 1:64
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Luke 16:24
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. John 5:2
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. Acts 1:19
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Acts 2:8
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Acts 2:26
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, Acts 21:40
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) Acts 22:2
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Acts 26:14
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Romans 14:11
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 1 Corinthians 14:2
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 1 Corinthians 14:4
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 1 Corinthians 14:9
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. 1 Corinthians 14:13
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1 Corinthians 14:14
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 1 Corinthians 14:19
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51:13
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 1 Corinthians 14:26
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 1 Corinthians 14:27
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. Genesis 40:8
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:11
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. James 1:26
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! James 3:5
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. James 3:6
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 1 Peter 3:10
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; Revelation 5:9
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 9:11
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Revelation 14:6
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Revelation 14:7
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Revelation 16:16
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. Zephaniah 3:9
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psalms 12:6
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Psalms 12:7
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Psalms 119:89
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Romans 3:1
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. Romans 3:2
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? Romans 3:3
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. Isaiah 28:9
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Isaiah 28:10
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Isaiah 28:11
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. Isaiah 28:12
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Isaiah 28:13
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. Isaiah 29:24
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63