Deuteronomy 17:18-20

18“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, ahe shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, bapproved by
Hebrew from before
the Levitical priests.
19And dit shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, ethat he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, 20that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he fmay not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, gso that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

Joshua 1:8

8This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but hyou shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Psalms 19:11

11Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
iin keeping them there is great reward.

Psalms 119:97-100

Mem

97 Oh how jI love your law!
It is my kmeditation all the day.
98Your commandment makes me lwiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for myour testimonies are my meditation.
100I understand more than nthe aged,
Or  the elders

for I pkeep your precepts.

Psalms 119:104-105

104Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore qI hate every false way.

Nun

105 rYour word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.

Proverbs 6:20-23

Warnings Against Adultery

20 sMy son, keep your father’s commandment,
tand forsake not your mother’s teaching.
21 uBind them on your heart always;
vtie them around your neck.
22 wWhen you walk, they
Hebrew it; three times in this verse
will lead you;
ywhen you lie down, they will zwatch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23For the commandment is aaa lamp and the teaching a light,
and the abreproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Isaiah 8:20

20 acTo the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no addawn.
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