Joshua 1:8

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Joshua 1:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

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Deuteronomy 6:6

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 6:8

Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Deuteronomy 6:9

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 11:18

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Deuteronomy 11:19

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Deuteronomy 17:18

When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Deuteronomy 17:19

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

Deuteronomy 30:14

But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.

Deuteronomy 31:11

when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

Psalms 37:30

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Psalms 37:31

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Psalms 40:10

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Psalms 119:42

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Psalms 119:43

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Isaiah 59:21

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The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Psalms 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Psalms 19:14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalms 119:11

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Psalms 119:15

I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

Psalms 119:97

Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

Psalms 119:99

I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

Proverbs 2:1

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Proverbs 2:2

if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

Proverbs 2:3

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2:5

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

1 Timothy 4:15

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1 Timothy 4:16

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Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

Deuteronomy 5:32

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Deuteronomy 5:33

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Deuteronomy 6:1

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Deuteronomy 6:2

so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 6:3

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Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Matthew 7:24

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Matthew 28:20

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Luke 11:28

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John 13:17

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John 14:21

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James 1:22

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

James 1:23

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James 1:24

and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

James 1:25

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Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

Joshua 1:7

Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.