My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; {equity: Heb. equities}

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

Bind them continually upon thine heart, {and} tie them about thy neck.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered {them} in her heart.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

This {is} a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let {them} slip. {let...: Gr. run out as leaking vessels}

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; {equity: Heb. equities}

Then shall we know, {if} we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter {and} former rain unto the earth.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh {and} intermeddleth with all wisdom. {Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, {and} bow thine ear to my understanding:

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth {it} not, then cometh the wicked {one}, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

So {shall} the knowledge of wisdom {be} unto thy soul: when thou hast found {it}, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. {wisdom: Heb. an heart}

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

If thy whole body therefore {be} full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. {the bright...: Gr. a candle by its bright shining}

Whoso keepeth the law {is} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous {men} shameth his father. {is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}

Good and upright {is} the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. {to understand...: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law}

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave {it} for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

Yea, he loved the people; all his saints {are} in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; {every one} shall receive of thy words.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father {doth} his children,

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Neither {is} it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received {them}, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, {and} cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.