bible study
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6And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart. 7And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up.
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice, 17so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.
15But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.
105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
15Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
11I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
11so also will my word be, which will go forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish whatever I will, and it will prosper in the tasks for which I sent it.
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,
15I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.
12For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
10Yet truly, the brothers promptly sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. And when they had arrived, they entered the synagogue of the Jews. 11But these were more noble than those who were at Thessalonica. They received the Word with all enthusiasm, daily examining the Scriptures to see if these things were so.
2that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine.
3Blessed is he who reads or hears the words of this Prophecy, and who keeps the things that have been written in it. For the time is near.
2But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
6My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.
8The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.
13Until I arrive, attend to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.
73Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.
4And in response he said, “It has been written: ‘Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
1And Moses summoned all of Israel, and he said to them: “Listen, O Israel, to the ceremonies and judgments, which I am speaking to your ears on this day. Learn them, and fulfill them in deed.