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¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

⁸The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”

⁴For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

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.

²¹For prophecy was not conveyed by human will at any time. Instead, holy men were speaking about God while inspired by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

¹³For this reason also, we give thanks to God without ceasing: because, when you had accepted from us the Word of the hearing of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but (as it truly is) as the Word of God, who is working in you who have believed.

³⁹Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me.

²You shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to you.

²⁵But the Word of the Lord endures for eternity. And this is the Word that has been evangelized to 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.

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.

⁸The law of the Lord is immaculate, converting souls. The testimony of the Lord is faithful, providing wisdom to little ones. ⁹The justice of the Lord is right, rejoicing hearts. The precepts of the Lord are brilliant, enlightening the eyes. ¹⁰The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for all generations. The judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves: ¹¹desirable beyond gold and many precious stones, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. ¹²For, indeed, your servant keeps them, and in keeping them, there are many rewards.

¹¹I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

³He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.

¹⁷Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth.

³²What I command to you, this only shall you do, for the Lord. You may neither add nor subtract anything.”