Ezra 7:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Ezra had set his heart on the study and practice of the law of the Lord and on teaching statutes and ordinances in Israel. The Decree of Artaxerxes.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:18

Lord, God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep such thoughts in the hearts and minds of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you.

2 Chronicles 12:14

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

2 Chronicles 19:3

Yet some good has been found in you, since you have removed the asherahs from the land and have set your heart to seek God.” Judges Appointed.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had shown themselves well skilled in the service of the Lord. And when they had completed the seven days of festival, sacrificing communion offerings and singing praises to the Lord, the God of their ancestors,

Ezra 7:11

This is a copy of the rescript which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest-scribe, the scribe versed in matters concerning the Lord’s commandments and statutes for Israel:

Ezra 7:25

“As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all, that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not know these laws.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe, well-versed in the law of Moses given by the Lord, the God of Israel. The king granted him all that he requested, because the hand of the Lord, his God, was over him.

Job 11:13

If you set your heart aright and stretch out your hands toward him,

Psalm 1:2

Rather, the law of the Lord is his joy; and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 10:17

You listen, Lord, to the needs of the poor; you strengthen their heart and incline your ear.

Psalm 119:112

My heart is set on fulfilling your statutes; they are my reward forever.

Psalm 119:45

I will walk freely in an open space because I cherish your precepts.

Psalm 19:7

From one end of the heavens it comes forth; its course runs through to the other; nothing escapes its heat.

Psalm 57:7

They have set a trap for my feet; my soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me. May they fall into it themselves! Selah

Malachi 2:7

For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge, and instruction is to be sought from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 5:19

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

John 13:17

If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.

Acts 1:1

In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught

Deuteronomy 16:12

Remember that you too were slaves in Egypt, so carry out these statutes carefully. Feast of Booths.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They teach your ordinances to Jacob, your law to Israel. They bring incense to your nostrils, and burnt offerings to your altar.

1 Timothy 3:2

Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Timothy 4:2

proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching.

Titus 2:1

As for yourself, you must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely,

Titus 2:15

Say these things. Exhort and correct with all authority. Let no one look down on you.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the right to the tree of life and enter the city through its gates.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel addressed the whole house of Israel: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, remove your foreign gods and your Astartes, fix your hearts on the Lord, and serve him alone, then the Lord will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”