"Thisbookof the lawshall not departfrom your mouth,but you shall meditateon it dayand night,sothat you may be carefulto doaccording to allthat is writtenin it; for thenyou will makeyour wayprosperous,and thenyou will havesuccess.
Isaacwentout to meditatein the fieldtowardevening;and he liftedup his eyesand looked,and behold,camelswere coming.
He continuedto seekGodin the daysof Zechariah,who had understandingthrough the visionof God;and as longas he soughtthe LORD,Godprosperedhim.
Your wordI have treasuredin my heart,That I may not sinagainst You.
I will meditateon Your preceptsAnd regardYour ways.
O howI loveYour law!It is my meditationallthe day.
I have moreinsightthanallmy teachers,For Your testimoniesare my meditation.
Let the wordsof my mouthand the meditationof my heartBe acceptablein Your sight,O LORD,my rockand my Redeemer.
I have not hiddenYour righteousnesswithinmy heart;I have spokenof Your faithfulnessand Your salvation;I have not concealedYour lovingkindnessand Your truthfrom the greatcongregation.
My son,do not forgetmy teaching,But let your heartkeepmy commandments;
"As for Me, thisis My covenantwith them," saysthe LORD:"My Spiritwhichis upon you, and My wordswhichI have putin your mouthshall not departfrom your mouth,norfrom the mouthof your offspring,norfrom the mouthof your offspring'soffspring,"saysthe LORD,"from nowand forever."
"The goodmanbringsout of [his] goodtreasurewhat is good;and the evilmanbringsout of [his] eviltreasurewhat is evil.
teachingthem to observeallthat I commandedyou; and lo,I amwith you always,evento the endof the age."
"Not everyonewho saysto Me, 'Lord,Lord,'will enterthe kingdomof heaven,but he who doesthe willof My Fatherwho is in heaven[will enter].
"Thereforeeveryonewhohearsthesewordsof Mineand actson them, may be comparedto a wisemanwhobuilthis houseon the rock.
But He said,"On the contrary,blessedare thosewho hearthe wordof Godand observeit."
"Ifyou knowthese things,you are blessedifyou dothem.
"He who hasMy commandmentsand keepsthem is the onewho lovesMe; and he who lovesMe will be lovedby My Father,and I will lovehim and will discloseMyselfto him."
Let nounwholesomewordproceedfrom your mouth,but onlysuch[a word] as is goodfor edificationaccording to the need[of the moment], sothat it will givegraceto thosewho hear.
and we tooktheir landand gaveit as an inheritanceto the Reubenites,the Gadites,and the half-tribeof the Manassites.
"So keepthe wordsof thiscovenantto dothem, that you may prosperin allthat you do.
"But the wordis verynearyou, in your mouthand in your heart,that you may observeit.
when allIsraelcomesto appearbeforethe LORDyour Godat the placewhichHe will choose,you shall readthislawin frontof allIsraelin their hearing.
It cameabout, when Mosesfinishedwritingthe wordsof thislawin a bookuntilthey were complete,
Then MosessummonedallIsraeland saidto them: "Hear,O Israel,the statutesand the ordinanceswhichI am speakingtodayin your hearing,that you may learnthem and observethem carefully.
Ohthat they hadsucha heartin them, that they would fearMe and keepallMy commandmentsalways,that it may be wellwith them and with their sonsforever!
"So you shall observeto dojustas the LORDyour Godhas commandedyou; you shall not turnasideto the rightor to the left.
Let the wordof Christrichlydwellwithinyou, with allwisdomteachingand admonishingone anotherwith psalms[and] hymns[and] spiritualsongs,singingwith thankfulnessin your heartsto God.
"Onlybe strongand verycourageous;be carefulto doaccording to allthe lawwhichMosesMy servantcommandedyou; do not turnfrom it to the rightor to the left,sothat you may havesuccesswhereveryou go.
Then afterwardhe readallthe wordsof the law,the blessingand the curse,according to allthat is writtenin the bookof the law.
Blessedare thosewho washtheir robes,sothat they may have the rightto the treeof life,and may enterby the gatesinto the city.
