Ezra 7:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;

2 Chronicles 12:14

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 19:3

But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Ezra 7:11

Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:

Ezra 7:25

And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

Ezra 7:6

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

Job 11:13

But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;

Psalm 1:2

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Psalm 119:112

My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.

Psalm 119:45

So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

Malachi 2:7

For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

Matthew 5:19

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

John 13:17

If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

Acts 1:1

I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

Deuteronomy 16:12

And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

1 Timothy 3:2

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

2 Timothy 4:2

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

Titus 2:1

But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:

Titus 2:15

On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

Revelation 22:14

A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.