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Deuteronomy 4:1
“ Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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Proverbs 2:1-5
My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And discover the knowledge of God.
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Psalms 119:27
Make me understand the way of Your precepts, And I will meditate on Your wonders.
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Psalms 119:4
You have ordained Your precepts, That we are to keep them diligently.
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Deuteronomy 4:6
So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say,‘ Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
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Deuteronomy 5:32-6:3
So you shall be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.You shall walk entirely in the way which the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be well for you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.“ Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,so that you, your son, and your grandson will fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.Now Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do them, so that it may go well for you and that you may increase greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Deuteronomy 29:10
“ You stand today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders and your officers, that is, all the men of Israel,
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Philippians 2:15-16
so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,holding firmly the word of life, so that on the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
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Acts 10:33
So I sent men to you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear everything that you have been commanded by the Lord.”
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Psalms 119:33-34
Teach me, the way of Your statutes, Lord, And I shall comply with it to the end.Give me understanding, so that I may comply with Your Law And keep it with all my heart.
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Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, And the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 29:15
but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God, and with those who are not with us here today
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Psalms 119:10-11
With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments.I have treasured Your word in my heart, So that I may not sin against You.
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Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, But have your heart comply with my commandments;
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will certainly perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to take possession of it. You will not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Isaiah 34:16
Seek from the book of the Lord, and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.
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Psalms 119:44
So I will keep Your Law continually, Forever and ever.
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Acts 17:11
Now these people were more noble minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
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Ezra 9:12
So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
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Matthew 5:14-16
“ You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.