For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient inst
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge al
The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings
O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had give
But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and To
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospita
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the f
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seek
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bri
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by it
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,