"Thesewords,whichI am commandingyou today,shall be on your heart.
"For I have chosenhim, sothat he may commandhis childrenand his householdafterhim to keepthe wayof the LORDby doingrighteousnessand justice,sothat the LORDmay bringupon AbrahamwhatHe has spokenabouthim."
"For allHis ordinances[were] beforeme, And [as for] His statutes,I did not departfrom them.
Your wordI have treasuredin my heart,That I may not sinagainst You.
With my lipsI have toldof Allthe ordinancesof Your mouth.
I have chosenthe faithfulway;I have placedYour ordinances[before me].
Your commandmentsmakeme wiserthanmy enemies,For they are evermine.
The lawof his Godis in his heart;His stepsdo not slip.
I delightto doYour will,O my God;Your Lawis withinmy heart."
Trustin the LORDwith allyour heartAnd do not leanon your own understanding.
Bindthem on your fingers;Writethem on the tabletof your heart.
"Listento Me, you who knowrighteousness,A peoplein whose heartis My law;Do not fearthe reproachof man,Norbe dismayedat their revilings.
"But thisis the covenantwhichI will makewith the houseof Israelafterthosedays,"declaresthe LORD,"I will putMy lawwithinthem and on their heartI will writeit; and I will be their God,and they shall be My people.
And He went downwith them and cameto Nazareth,and He continued in subjectionto them; and His mothertreasuredall[these] thingsin her heart.
"But the [seed] in the goodsoil,theseare the ones whohave heardthe wordin an honestand goodheart,and hold it fast,and bear fruitwith perseverance.
being manifestedthat you are a letterof Christ,caredfor by us, writtennot with inkbut with the Spiritof the livingGod,not on tabletsof stonebut on tabletsof humanhearts.
"You shall therefore impressthesewordsof mine on your heartand on your soul;and you shall bindthem as a signon your hand,and they shall be as frontalson your forehead.
"You shall writethem on the doorpostsof your houseand on your gates,
he saidto them, "Taketo your heartallthe wordswith whichI am warningyou today,whichyou shall commandyour sonsto observecarefully,[even] allthe wordsof thislaw.
Let the wordof Christrichlydwellwithinyou, with allwisdomteachingand admonishingone anotherwith psalms[and] hymns[and] spiritualsongs,singingwith thankfulnessin your heartsto God.
for the sakeof the truthwhich abidesin us and will be with us forever:
