11 The Bereans were nobler than those in Thessalonica because they received the word with all readiness of mind and examined the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul told them was true.
9 He started his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month. He arrived at Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.
10 Ezra devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of Jehovah. He taught its decrees and laws in Israel.
15 From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise to salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
16 God inspired all Scripture! It is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. Greek: theopneustos: God-breathed
17 Thus the man of God may be completely equipped for every good work.
5 »You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with your entire mind and with all your strength.
6 »These words that I command you this day must be in your heart.
7 »Carefully teach them to your sons. Talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way. Speak about them when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 »Bind them for a sign upon your hand. They shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 »Write them upon the posts of your house, and on your gates.
13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
8 »This Book of the Law will not depart out of your mouth. You must meditate intensely studythink deeply on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. Then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
15 Be diligent to be presented approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
1 The proverbs 0f Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction. To discern and understand words.
3 To receive instruction with wisdom, justice, judgment and integrity.
4 To give wisdom and refinement to the simple. To the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear and will increase learning. A man of understanding will procure wise counsel.
6 This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
24 Jesus replied: »Is it not for this cause that you err? You do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
1 My son, do not forget my law. Let your heart obey my commandments.
2 My precepts will give you a long, peaceful, and prosperous life.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word.
10 With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments.
11 Your word I have treasured in my heart that I may not sin against you.
12 You are blessed O Jehovah. Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your written word, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts and regard your ways.
16 I shall delight in your statutes. I shall not forget your word!
4 The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction, that we through endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.
39 »You search investigatestudy the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me.
23 For the commandment is a lamp. The law is light. Reproofs for instruction are the way of life.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you! You will not be a priest to me since you have forgotten the Law of your God. Therefore, I will forget your children.
10 Concerning this salvation the prophets inquired and searched diligently! They prophesied about the grace that should come to you:
11 searching what time or what manner of time the spirit of Christ that was in them did point to, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
18 »When he first sits on the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll taken in the presence of the Levitical priests.
19 »He should keep it with him. He should read from it all the days of his life. In this way he will learn to respect Jehovah his God by carefully observing all the words of this Law and these statutes.
20 »He must not think he is better than the rest of his people. He will not disobey these commandments in any way. So he and his sons will rule for a long time in Israel.
13 Take firm hold of instruction and do not let go. Obey her for she is your life.
97 O How I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for your laws are my meditation.
20 They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people do not speak these words, it is because there is no light truth in them.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, avoid being carried away with the error of the wicked and falling from your own steadfastness.
18 Grow in the unmerited favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.