2 Chronicles 9:7

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!

Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore stood they before the king.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.

You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”

Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

I will answer you, and your companions with you.

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”