Neh 8:2-3, 12-14, 18, 9:3, Pro 8:32-35, Ecc 5:1, Mar 2:2, 12:37, Luk 15:1 | ESV | STEP | So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly , both men and women and all who could understand what they heard , on the first day of the seventh month .

Nehemiah 8:2-3

2 So Ezra the priest ^abrought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, ^bon the first day of the seventh month. 3 ^cAnd he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

Nehemiah 8:12-14

12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because ^dthey had understood the words that were declared to them.

Feast of Booths Celebrated

13 On the second day the heads of fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14 And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses ^ethat the people of Israel should dwell in booths ^{▼▼Or temporary shelters} during the feast of the seventh month,

Nehemiah 8:18

18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, ^ghe read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and ^hon the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.

Nehemiah 9:3

3 ⁱAnd they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God.

Proverbs 8:32-35

32 “And now, ^jO sons, listen to me:
^kblessed are those who keep my ways.
33 ^lHear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34 ^mBlessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35 For ⁿwhoever finds me ^ofinds life
and ^pobtains favor from the Lord,

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Fear God

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:17 in Hebrew} ^rGuard your steps when you go to ^sthe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to ^toffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Mark 2:2

2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.

Mark 12:37

37 David himself calls him Lord. So ^uhow is he his son?” And the great throng ^vheard him gladly.

Luke 15:1

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Now ^wthe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.