Ezra 7:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁰ For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ For Ezra had prepared and set his heart to seek the Law of the Lord [to inquire for it and of it, to require and yearn for it], and to do and teach in Israel its statutes and its ordinances.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Ezra had determined to study and perform the LORD’s Instruction, and to teach law and justice in Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ For Ezra prepared his heart, so that he might search the law of the Lord, and so that he might keep and teach precept and judgment in Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment.

Ezra 7:10 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep for ever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of thy people, and direct their hearts toward thee.

2 Chronicles 12:14

And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their fathers.

Ezra 7:11

This is a copy of the letter which King Ar-ta-xerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:

Ezra 7:25

“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and those who do not know them, you shall teach.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Job 11:13

“If you set your heart aright, you will stretch out your hands toward him.

Psalm 1:2

but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear

Psalm 119:112

I incline my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, to the end.

Psalm 119:45

and I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 57:7

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 5:19

Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24

“Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

John 13:17

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

Acts 1:1

In the first book, O The-ophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,

Deuteronomy 16:12

You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They shall teach Jacob thy ordinances, and Israel thy law; they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt offering upon thy altar.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.

Titus 2:1

But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine.

Titus 2:15

Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your heart to the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”