Rom 10:17.   So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Isa 8:20.   To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Acts 17:11.   These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. John 4:22.   Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. Rev 13:12,16-17.   And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. ...And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Jer 8:9.   The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 1 Pet 3:15.   But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: