Deuteronomy 6:2
2that ayou may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and bthat your days may be long.Psalms 105:44-45
44And he cgave them the lands of the nations,and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45that they might dkeep his statutes
and eobserve his laws.
fPraise the Lord!
Jeremiah 31:33-34
33 gFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: hI will put my law within them, and I will write it ion their hearts. jAnd I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ kfor they shall all know me, lfrom the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For mI will forgive their iniquity, and nI will remember their sin no more.”Jeremiah 32:39-40
39 oI will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, pfor their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 qI will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. rAnd I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.Ezekiel 36:24-27
24 sI will take you tfrom the nations and gather you from all the countries and ubring you into your own land. 25 vI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from wall your uncleannesses, and xfrom all your idols yI will cleanse you. 26And I will give you za new heart, and aaa new spirit I will put within you. abAnd I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 acAnd I will put my Spirit within you, adand cause you to walk in my statutes and aebe careful to obey my rules. ▼▼Or my just decrees
Matthew 1:21
21She will bear a son, and agyou shall call his name Jesus, ahfor he will save his people from their sins.”
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