Observe and hear all these words which I command you, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.
Be strong and very courageous, in order to act carefully in accordance with all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or the left, so that you may succeed wherever you go.
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful, and you will be wise.
Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
that I might not sin against You.
Blessed are You, O Lord;
teach me Your statutes.
With my lips I declare
all the decrees of Your mouth.
I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies,
as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on Your precepts
and keep my eyes on Your ways.
I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
Deal kindly with Your servant, that I may live
and keep Your word.
Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things from Your law.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it, for the time is near.
My son, attend to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your eyes;
keep them in the midst of your heart;
for they are life to those who find them,
and health to all their body.
But He answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
You search the Scriptures, because you think in them you have eternal life. These are they who bear witness of Me.
For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Anyone who competes as an athlete is not rewarded without competing legally.